Call to waive €60k VAT demand on disability machine

THE Department of Finance was yesterday urged to waive a €60,000 VAT demand on a health machine purchased with voluntary funding.

The machine is helping to improve the quality of life for people with physical disabilities in Limerick and surrounding counties.

The Swiss-made Lokomat machine was installed in the First Step Rehab Centre in Patrickswell five months ago after a massive fundraising effort was launched by Joan Ryan and her husband, Tom, who farms near Cashel.