More than one in five people, with a serious health problem, are unable to afford to keep their home adequately warm.
That’s according to a CSO study on Income and Living Conditions.
20% of households, where one person is seriously ill, reported there was at least one occasion in the last 12 months where they failed to pay a utility bill on time due to financial difficulties.
The risk of poverty rate for people with a self reported chronic illness was 18.6%, compared to 10.3% for those without a chronic illness.
