Disability rise ‘far behind’ food cost

TONY EGAN said it was disingenuous for the Government to claim that people like him would be much better off with the €12 disability allowance increase.

“It might be above the rate of inflation but fell far behind the price of basic foodstuffs that had rocketed in price in recent months,” he said.

He had noticed that the price of half a dozen free-range eggs had increased by 12% in the last few months while a piece of rib steak had increased about 70%.