Seanad debates
Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Order of Business.
While Senators Terry and O'Meara praised the great attention being paid to people with disabilities, Senator Terry highlighted the loss of jobs on community employment schemes for such people. That is one area in which schemes cannot be cut back. The administrators of community employment are trying to do this but everybody says the arts and the maintenance of parks are important. However, those who care for people with disabilities in a particularly intimate way as personal assistants are the most important. I will establish how the schemes can be streamlined in order that they can be kept in employment.
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