NO MORE CUTS

SUPPORT groups who marched in protest at cutbacks in the disability sector have expressed disbelief at Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s assertion in the Dáil that respite services would not be cut – when some already have.

As thousands of protesters gathered at the gates of Leinster House to voice their anger at budget cuts to voluntary bodies providing services to people with intellectual disabilities, inside the Taoiseach accused Enda Kenny of “trying to scare” the 25,000 people receiving such services.

Mr Kenny had told the Dáil the Government had “lost its compassion” because of cuts in respite and home help for carers of people with intellectual disabilities.