Dáil debates
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
12:45 pm
Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Yesterday, Deputy Micheál Martin raised the issue of cutbacks in disability payments. The Taoiseach denied it, but I do not know how he could do so when the rehabilitative training allowance of €31.80 for people with disabilities was wiped out. To add insult to injury, participants are now being asked to pay €20 per week. In my book, that is a €2,500 cut for the most vulnerable in society who have no voice whatsoever. It is wrong. Will the Tánaiste ask his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to rescind these cuts, which he has implemented in recent weeks?
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