Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys has denied that Tánaiste Simon Harris pressured her to drop disability reforms during her time in the Department of Social Protection.
“I decided that myself. I’ve worked very hard to help carers and disabled people,” she said.
“The Green Paper was only ever a consultation document. It came on foot of a cost-of-disability report, which clearly said that people who have profound disabilities incur more cost,” she told RTÉ Radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.
“I don’t agree wi
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