'My gut feeling is we will see a death': Disability groups renew calls for winter payments

Carolyn Akintola: 'My biggest fear is that people are going to continue cutting back on heating, and my gut feeling is we will see a death.' Photo: Moya Nolan

The cost of electricity is now so severe for people with disabilities that one advocate has warned someone could suffer serious harm or even die from the crisis.

Disability groups have renewed their call for “immediate” emergency winter payments of €400, saying people cannot wait for a Government pledge of a disability payment from 2027.