Jim O'Keeffe
Ceist:182 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disruption being caused to applicants for disabled person's maintenance allowance in that these applications are not presently being processed owing to the industrial dispute with the directors of community care; the steps, if any, that are being taken to ensure that undue hardship is not suffered by such applicants as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.