Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Department of Health and Children
Mobility Allowances
8:00 pm
Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the mobility allowance is only payable to persons between the ages of 16 and 66; her views on making this allowance accessible to parents of young children under the age of 16 who require transportation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30527/07]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The mobility allowance is a monthly payment administered by the Health Service Executive, which provides financial support to severely disabled people, between the ages of 16 and 66, who are unable to walk or use public transport and is intended to enable them to benefit from a change in surroundings, for example, by financing the occasional taxi journey. I have no current proposal to amend the scheme.
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