Taoiseach: Autustic children 'not targeted'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has rejected accusations that the Government has targeted autistic children for cuts to the domiciliary care allowance.

Taoiseach: Autustic children 'not targeted'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has rejected accusations that the Government has targeted autistic children for cuts to the domiciliary care allowance.

Hours after more than 100 angry parents and their disabled children marched to the Dáil demanding a meeting with social protection minister Joan Burton, Mr Kenny was forced to defend the Government’s decision to impose cuts.

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