Poor economy no excuse, says DFI

THE Government cannot use the economic downturn as an excuse to backtrack on assistance promised to the disabled in next month’s budget, a lobby group declared yesterday.

The State’s administrators had to make a major down payment on commitments given in June, the Disability Federation of Ireland insisted.

DFI chief executive John Dolan said Government parties were aware of changing economic circumstances when they announced in their Programme for Government that they were committed to improving the lot of the disabled.