Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

That is an extraordinarily negative signal to send to people with disabilities. The Government has also begun to shut the door on educational opportunities by cutting the third level disability fund by 20%. Why did the Government do that? Deputy Cowen raised that matter again this morning. It is an unfair and unnecessary cut. We had made great progress over the last decade in facilitating access to third level education for people with disabilities. We made transformative progress.

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