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

Arising from my previous question, could we also look at alternatives to Ozempic and a more streamlined process for assessments so those with diabetes could make that change? That could help us.

Once again, I raise the issue of housing adaptation grants and the ongoing review. We need the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to come to a conclusion on that as soon as possible. We all know there is an insufficient amount of money for delivering adaptation grants across the board but there is sometimes a insufficient amount for individual build operations that need to be carried out, particularly for people with significant levels of disability, be they older people or disabled children as the situation gets a lot worse the older a child gets. I dealt with a case in my constituency. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, tried to find a solution but we are trying to work around the system. We might need to look at some other funding stream that involves the HSE for these really difficult situations because we are talking about a significant number of families who are under severe pressure. I would really appreciate it if this could be looked at.

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