European and Local Elections 2024- its time for disability rights advocates to run
Next year is a key year for all of us who advocate daily for basic human rights for people with disabilities.2024 is a important year for people with disabilities who have a daily battle to receive supports and services .The European and Local Elections are to...
The Budget must support People with Disabilities and Carers this Tuesday
Ireland now has 518,000 unpaid carers saving the state €20 Billion we must support these carers with a Pandemic Carers Payment today
Carers ignored ( Yet Again ) as Government rule out COVID bonus
We have 5 Minister with Disability in their Job descriptions yet this Government have decided to ignore carers and people with disabilities when awarding a COVID 19 bonus .Carers and people with disabilities abandoned by Government throughout the COVID pandemic worked 24/7 -365 days a year without a break yet this cruel Government offer them a Bank Holiday which the can’t take.
Carers Hounded by Government with Means Tests
Carers are facing cruel means test which is ruling them out for basic carers allowances based on having just €2 more than is allowed with the carers partners earning the loving wage and no more -means tests for carers must be abolished as the State are saving €3 billion per year as a direct result of carers providing caring that the State refused to do.