Cutting social funds - Poverty far from being history
But the Government has been targeting public bodies that were setup to monitor and raise public awareness of those who have least. As a result of the 43% cut in its annual budget, the chief executive of the Equality Authority and several members of its board resigned.
There has been tension for some years between the authority and the Department of Justice, under which it operates. If it were not for other attacks on similar agencies, people might be tempted to dismiss this as part of a bureaucratic turf war.