It has been stated over and over again in this House and in the Dáil that the weakest in our society are bearing the brunt of the Government's financial ineptitude. This must stop. The disabled are not pawns in the game of budgetary cutbacks and financial irresponsibility. It is a national disgrace and symptomatic of the heartless approach of the Government that fiscal rectitude could in any circumstances take precedence over the provision of basic needs for the disabled. I am asking the Minister to take the pressure off those who are least able to bear the burden. He should show some heart and look after our disabled and elderly.