An elderly woman from Roscommon gets trapped between floors when her stairlift doesn't work during powercuts.
She lives alone and can't walk on the stairs, due to poor mobility.
But she can't get a grant to adapt her house for a downstairs bedroom or bathroom.
Castlerea senator Gareth Scahill highlighted the case this week - here's the exchange between him and Junior Housing Minister Christopher O'Sullivan:
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