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Tuesday 6 June 2023 Dublin: 14°C

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# Disability
It's been over a year - so what's happening with the Mobility Allowance?
The government said last year that it was to replace the scheme – but to date, nothing new has been announced.
Voices
Column: The Government stalls while people with mobility difficulties fall deeper into isolation
The Government had a knee-jerk reaction last year and cut Mobility Allowance to new applicants. Nearly 12 months later, those in need are still in limbo, writes Anne-Maree Quinn.
# Health
Still no news on Mobility Allowance replacement
It had been said that an inter-departmental group was due to submit a report on the issue this month.
# Disability
HSE to temporarily pay mobility allowance to 'prevent hardship'
It has also decided that new statutory provisions will be established to provide individual payments to people with severe disabilities for their mobility needs.
Voices
Column: I cried when I heard about the mobility allowance cut - I can't take any more
The mobility grant gave me and my husband the chance to lead independent lives, with dignity, writes Miriam Murphy, who says this government are chipping away at the help for people with disabilities.
# mobility allowance
Final Mobility Allowance installment payment due on 26 June
The HSE has written to all recipients of the allowance informing them of the final date of payment.
# mobility allowance
Oireachtas committee 'concerned at difficulties between Health Dept and Ombudsman'
They have now called on a member of the Department of Health to address their concerns about
# need to know
The Evening Fix... now with added sad moments in films
Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# mobility allowance
Kelleher: Dept of Health ringfence claim "strikes fear into me"
He made the comment while questioning Minister Kathleen Lynch on the axing of the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant.
# Health
'Every other option was illegal' - Minister defends disability payments cut
Junior health minister Kathleen Lynch could provide no guarantees as to what will happen to the payments to those in receipt of the Mobility Allowance when it is axed in four months time.
# mobility allowance
'A sick bureaucratic monster' - Department slammed after disability payments axed
The government confirmed last night that it will axe the Mobility Allowance and the Motorised Transport Grant because it would be too costly to widen the schemes to ensure compliance with equality laws.
# Disability
Ombudsman: Department of Health is disregarding the law
Emily O’Reilly was speaking about the department’s decision not to remove age limits on allowances for people with severe disability.
# mobility allowance
Reilly may be called before Oireachtas committee over mobility allowance
Meanwhile, ALONE and the Disability Federation of Ireland have criticised the government for the ‘illegal’ age limit on the mobility allowance.
# mobility allowance
Government "considering legal advice" over mobility allowance
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said today that the government will be seeking legal advice before it proceeds on acting on the “illegal” upper age limit for the allowance.