A new bill to extend access to fast-tracked financial support for the terminally ill reaches its final stage in the Assembly on Monday.
Last June, Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey announced plans to extend terminal illness provision in social security benefits to those given just 12 months to live.
This reform, once introduced, will result in fast-tracked financial support where a terminal illness diagnosis has been received and death is reasonably expected within 12 months.
