Rabbitte: €325 cut to respite grant is ‘modest’

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte said the €325 cut to an annual grant for carers was “modest”.

The reduction in the respite care grant — from €1,700 to €1,375 — has provoked huge criticism and left Government backbenchers uneasy.

However, Mr Rabbitte, defending the budget in the Dáil yesterday, insisted the reduction was “modest” and that Labour had ensured worse welfare cuts did not materialise.