Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It convinced people that what people with disabilities were entitled to were absolute rights, regardless of the state of the finances of the country, something that did not apply in any other country and which by definition could not apply in any other country. The campaign was led by people such as Mrs. Finlay and her husband who are closely associated with the Labour Party. I tell Deputy Dominic Hannigan and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, it is a long way from seeking absolute rights, regardless of the state of the finances of the country, to slashing and cutting the inadequate provision made. Shame on the Labour Party. I echo Deputy Billy Kelleher's plea to the Minister for Finance that, for heaven's sake, the relentless assault on the most vulnerable in society should stop.

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