Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise the issue of housing adaptation grants for older people and those with disabilities. Louth County Council has a lack of funding in this regard, and I imagine it is an issue for all local authorities. My office is dealing with many people who fall into the priority 1 category, which covers those who are terminally ill and fully in need of care, to facilitate release from hospital or to avoid future hospitalisation. That is what is necessary from a societal point of view and from the point of view of savings. However, we could be waiting for two or three years before these people are dealt with because insufficient moneys are available. We must examine the entire process, how it is undertaken for particular categories of people, including children with major disabilities and their needs in this respect.

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