Kenny refuses to bow to pressure to reverse cut

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has refused to reverse the 20% reduction in the carer’s respite grant despite pleas from the opposition benches to heed the impassioned appeal of a husband caring for his ill wife to leave the grant alone.

Kenny refuses to bow to pressure to reverse cut

Mr Kenny defended the cut, saying it was better than cutting pensions or the full-time carer’s allowances.

The Taoiseach faced questions in the Dáil following an impassioned letter from Pat O’Mahony about caring for his wife Margaret, a polio survivor, in the Irish Examiner yesterday.

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