Dara Calleary said child poverty and impoverishment among disabled people were the key issues Taoiseach Micheál Martin had asked him tackle in his first budget.
The Minister for Social Protection has focused €320 million of his €1.15 billion package on child poverty and he announced measures aimed at increasing employment among people with disabilities.
These, however welcome, come in the absence of once-off cost-of-living payments such as double welfare payments and energy credits that were vital to many hous
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