asked the Minister for Social Welfare if the Government will examine the possibility of assisting blind persons by allowing them free radio and television licences.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Facilities for Blind Persons.
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Free radio licences are already available to blind persons under a scheme administered by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. Persons receiving blind pension from my Department are included in a scheme for free television licences which comes into operation on the 1st July, 1968. Details of the scheme were published recently in the press.