Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a new social welfare payment can be introduced combining the disability payment with the mobility allowance for those who meet the criteria irrespective of age. [20631/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I have no plans to introduce a payment along the lines proposed by the Deputy. However, my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, who has responsibility for the mobility allowance, has established a special Project Group, which is independently chaired, to seek an alternative method to provide for the priority transport needs of people, and I understand that the Group’s findings in relation to future arrangements will be presented to Government next month.