Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)

I respectfully ask the Taoiseach to look at the decision to stop elderly people from getting a grant to replace a stove, range or oil burner that has broken down. Since 1 December last, this grant has no longer been available to elderly people, the people who worked to put this country on its feet through the decades of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. These people are being denied a grant. Councillor Johnny Healy-Rae, a councillor of 14 years' standing, raised this at Kerry County Council last week and he was told the Department had stopped this grant since 1 December 2024. I am asking the Taoiseach respectfully to restore that grant to these people. What difference is it going to make to have a little fire?

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