Letters to the Editor: System fails people with disabilities

'At the heart of the problem is means-testing that assesses household income, rather than focusing on the individual'

Eoghan Gorman at this home in Lucan, Dublin.

Your recent article detailing Eoghan Gorman’s denial of disability allowance due to his partner’s income highlights the inequities embedded in our system — ‘Man paralysed in accident denied disability allowance due to partner’s income’ ( Irish Examiner, online, May 13). 

It shows the damaging reality that moving in with your partner comes at the cost of losing your lifeline supports.