Welfare cuts ‘would mean 30% drop in income for carers’

The cuts proposed in An Bord Snip’s report today would mean a drop in income of 30% for family carers, representative group the Carers Association said today.

“If implemented, the proposed cuts to the half-rate carers allowance, will effectively cut the income of family carers in receipt of this payment by 30%. When we consider that the ESRI have forecast that a 6% wage decrease may be required in public sector pay, it is grossly unfair that our family carers could be targeted for a 30% cut”, says Enda Egan, CEO of The Carers Association.