Woman has to pay €200 for a better splint to replace the €1,000 brace provided by HSE

23-year-old Róisín Hackett said she was frustrated at having to pay most of her weekly disability allowance for an ankle foot orthosis  brace when hers broke this week.

A young woman on disability allowance has shared her frustration at having to pay out €197 for a leg splint because the €1,000 brace the HSE provides has been deemed by a private practitioner not to be the correct type for her.

Róisín Hackett “tweeted in a moment of frustration” at having to pay the majority of her €208 weekly disability allowance for an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) brace when hers suddenly broke this week.