Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met today at the Maximos Mansion with Athanasios Viglas, President of the Panhellenic Association of Paraplegics, and a delegation from the Association.
During the meeting, they reviewed the government’s initiatives to support people with disabilities and discussed the expansion of the “Personal Assistant” program, which has already been launched by the government on a permanent basis and funded through the regular budget, to include people with disabilities over the age of 65, while issues were raised regarding the enhancement of social benefits for people with disabilities, particularly those with paraplegia and quadriplegia.
The meeting was also attended by Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michaelidou, Minister of State Akis Skertsos, and Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Thanos Petralias.