Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

Two and a half years ago I asked the then Minister of State, Deputy Mary Wallace, the reason four and a half years had passed without the House seeing the long promised disabilities Bill. I asked if the reason was that the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, and the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, were not prepared to commit the money necessary to deliver a full needs assessment service for all citizens with disability and their families.

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