Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I realise that there is not an endless supply of money. However, as the Minister admitted, the numbers needing help are increasing. Medical improvements mean that people live for longer and babies are surviving whereas they might not have previously. People with disabilities will not be able to suffer further cuts, although I am not saying that the Minister plans any. She does not need me to tell her the statistics. People with disabilities are much more likely to experience poverty. Many of them also live in households experiencing difficulties amplified by austerity. These people are not isolated from austerity. I am sure that the Minister is aware that they also have poor educational outcomes.

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