Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I have seen many mean Government cutbacks in my day, but one of the meanest of all has to be that involving the decision to axe the rehabilitative training allowance of €31.80 per week which was mainly used by young school leavers with disabilities to go to training centres. When the Government axed the allowance, it also axed the travel and lunch money of those young people. There is outrage among trainees and staff in the National Learning Network Centre in Hollyhill, County Cork, and similar centres across the country. Will the Government reverse this cutback and bring in the necessary legislation to do so?

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