Blind people to get €1.5m after error

HEALTH boards will have to pay blind people €1.5 million following an investigation by the Ombudsman.

Wed, 23 Apr, 2003 - 01:00
Mary Dundon Political Reporter

Kevin Murphy received a complaint from a Dublin man who was in receipt of the blind welfare allowance last year claiming the South Western Area Health Board was not applying the rules of the scheme properly.

It emerged health boards all over the country were not applying the rules properly in 700 cases.

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