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Wheelchair bound woman makes desperate plea

Monday, 24 March 2008

A Cabra woman who suffers from a rare disease that attacks the nervous system is begging Dublin City Council to provide adequate housing for her.
Angela Green (47) lives with her 75-year-old mother in a tiny room which she says is completely unsuitable for her needs.
Angela suffers from Chronic Immune Demyelinating Polyneuropathy which has resulted in her becoming a wheelchair user but she is unable to use hers as her current home has no suitable ramp or access for one.
Her small box room currently consists of a hospital bed and a commode with boxes of clothes strewn across the floor. All her furniture is currently in storage at her own expense as she has nowhere to keep it.
Angela has to make trips to clinics in Eccles Street, St Vincent’s Hospital and the Rotunda in taxis, which she must finance herself despite having priority illness status as well as being on social welfare.

Despairing at her current situation, Angela says she has constantly appealed to the council to provide her with an adequate house of her own.
“I feel that all they ever do is fob me off,” she explained. “There has to be something for me. I just want a place with a ramp and maybe a walk-in shower where I can keep my furniture and pay my rent.”
A suitable council built house just around the corner from her mother’s home was unavailable to Angela as they were reserved for senior citizens, she was told.
Angela was previously living in a home provided for her in Mullingar but moved back to her mother’s as she felt her health was greatly deteriorating because she did not know anybody.
“This is a small room,” she explained. “It is too small for everything. You should not be in one room beside a commode 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
Angela said she has received some support from local TD Cyprian Brady (FF) who visited her room some months back and sympathised with her situation.
Deputy Brady explained that he has made representations to the council on behalf of Angela and that they are fully aware of her current situation. They are working on the case but have no suitable housing, he explained.
“She is confined to a bedroom in her mother’s house and that is not suitable for anyone,” Deputy Brady said.
“The city council has to take into account her medical priority.”
Deputy Brady promised that he would keep up the pressure until Angela is re-housed. However, he insisted that the council was doing everything within its power to help.
Dublin City Council said it could not comment on individual cases.

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