25m ‘not enough for debt-ridden disability sector’

AN additional 25 million for the disability sector will not address core funding problems, forcing many voluntary organisations into further debt, disability groups have claimed.

Frank Flannery, chairman of the Not-For-Profit organisation, said they had again been let down in this year's Budget despite Government promises.

"There is a serious problem in services for people with sensory and physical disability. The organisations - and we represent the nine largest service providers in the sector, serving 40,000 people - are operating with core deficits.