Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

-----she might have seen the impact these proposals would have on people and organisations providing services to people with disabilities, mental health services, services to widows and home help services.

The problem with the budget is that the more time we spend examining it, the more that is coming out in the fine print. The measures with regard to home help have come out only this evening. The effect of the €50 million cut to the community employment schemes will be rammed home in January and February when groups are notified of their allocation.

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