Press Release 1 December 2004 Green Party says Budget a

Press Release 1 December 2004

Green Party says Budget a ‘Pork Barrel’ attempt to pass Disability Bill

The Green Party has accused the Government of playing Pork Barrel politics in an attempt to pass the Disability Bill, which is currently before the Dáil.

The Green Party’s Equality Spokesperson Ciarán Cuffe TD stated:
“The Disability Bill has attracted sustained criticism by many Disability Groups. Instead of providing genuine rights to people with disabilities the Government is trying to buy support for the Bill by allocating a 300 million budget for Capital Projects.

People with disabilities deserve rights rather than handouts, but this budget is a crude attempt to buy the passage of the Bill.”
ENDS

Ciarán Cuffe is a TD for the Dún Laoghaire Dáil Constituency. Ciarán can be contacted at Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 or 96 Patrick Street, Dún Laoghaire Tel. 284 6060 or 618 3082, Fax 618 4341, Email Ciaran CiaranCuffe.com, or Text Ciaran on 087 265 2075.