Blind Welfare Allowance Scheme

Summary

The Minister said revised eligibility guidelines had been issued to health boards for implementation from 1 April 1979, alongside budgetary increases to income maintenance allowances.

John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

asked the Minister for Health if guidelines have yet been issued to the health boards for improvements in the blind welfare allowance scheme.

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Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

Revised guidelines for assessment of eligibility for blind welfare allowances have now been issued to health boards for implementation as from 1 April 1979 in conjunction with the budgetary increases in income maintenance allowances.

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