Vol. 506 No. 6
86 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if he will consider entering negotiations with Cablelink to arrange golden years concessions or free service for pensioners who currently pay in full for these services. [16146/99]
The free TV licence scheme is available to people aged 66 or over who are in receipt of a welfare type payment and who are either living alone or who otherwise satisfy this condition.
Certain people with disabilities under that age who are in receipt of certain welfare type payments also qualify. In addition, widows-widowers between the ages of 60 and 65 whose late spouses had been in receipt of the free TV licence scheme retain their entitlement.
