Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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182. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grant scheme will be completed; if details will be provided on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5821/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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In November 2013, the Government decided that the detailed preparatory work required for a new travel subsidy scheme and associated statutory provisions should be progressed by the Minister for Health, in consultation with other relevant Ministers. The Department of Health is working to progress this matter in line with the Government's decision. The Department will draw on the work, last year, of the Review Group on Transport Supports for People with Disabilities and the Inter-Departmental Group tasked by Government to consider details of a statutory replacement for the discontinued Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant Schemes.