A cruel measure carers save the State 20billion euros The Irish Government must remove taxation from carers and abolish the means test with a living wage for all carers and people with disabilities.
We demand the creation of a National Safeguarding System with real time tracking of children in care .
Parents must lead the proposed change in the AON system the HSE have failed to deliver and this role must be taken away from them
While Ministers Norma Foley and Emer Higgins repeatedly used phrases like “faster”, “more efficient”, and “timelier”, they did not provide the only thing that matters to families who have already waited years—certainty. Certainty about when their child will actually be assessed. Certainty about who will carry out those assessments. Certainty that the assessment will lead to real, tangible supports. And certainty that Ireland has finally decided to stop sacrificing children to bureaucracy, understaffing and political hesitation.
A systemic denial of Children’s rights without reform investment and staffing another generation of children will be left behind
The Government are deciding if they will reduce VAT on Hospitality or remove means testing for Carers our view is that they must do both – a huge surplus gives them a unique opportunity to deliver 2 election promises they made in 2024
Children are falling so far behind they will never catch-up
Trumps deflects from his failures at home and internationally by using discredited Autism theories
With 1000s excluded the Government and the new Minister for Social Protection must change the criteria today
Carers in Ireland are facing a huge crisis with many exhausted financially struggling and receiving no respite or support .