The vote on the Social Welfare cuts in #budget10 is taking place tomorrow so that TD’s don’t have to get it in the neck when they go home at the weekend. I assume whatever happens with the vote that we might see a new version of this video and that the campaign won’t die down. […]
Tags:Disability·Welfare
Tonight I’ve been delving into the book of estimates released today in addition to the budget which I was tweeting throughout the day. Isn’t it just miraculous when lots of agencies that deal with peoples lives and provide services directly to people are having their budgets slashed that one – the National Disability Authority (NDA) […]
Tags:Disability·Issues and Rights·Local government·National Disability Authority
While unions, government and the private sector bicker over pay cuts, higher taxation and ‘you earn more than I do’, communities across the land are being decimated by cuts, amalgamations and the steamroller that is the politics of bulldozing the oppressed. The cuts in services in the field of anti-poverty projects, community childcare, community health, […]
Tags:Community development·Disability·Drug rehabilitation·Government·Ireland·Poverty·Society and Culture
In the mid 90’s the joke about the Greens was that they didn’t care much about divorce once the fridge was disposed of correctly in the separation. This was the opinion of many regarding Green Party commitment to social justice issues. I know that this is an unfair description with regard to many Green Party […]
While I was on holidays a work colleague texted me to say she had been canvassed by Cóir. The canvasser told her that if Lisbon was passed that she would be put down like a dog. My colleague has cerebral palsy. She didn’t argue back and managed to move away. I was shocked but not […]
Tags:Disability·EU·European Union·Human rights·Ireland·Lisbon Treaty·Society and Culture