Fw: “The Minister for Health will make us prisoners in our own homes.”

 

 

From: Nina

Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 5:58 PM

To: Undisclosed recipients:

Subject: FW: "The Minister for Health will make us prisoners in our own homes."

 

 

 

 

CIL Carmichael House is calling upon people to show their outrage at the savage cuts to personal assistance service announced by the HSE yesterday by gathering outside the Dail on Wednesday 5 September at 2pm.

 

For further information please contact me

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

Wednesday 31^st August 2012

 

"The Minister for Health will make us prisoners in our own homes."

 

 

This press release is in response to the HSE announcement of 30^th August that €10 million is to be wiped from the Personal Assistance Service budget.

 

 

The Center for Independent Living (CIL), a nationwide organisation run by people with disabilities and which introduced Personal Assistance Services to Ireland 20 years ago, is horrified by the HSE announcement yesterday that it is to cut 10 million euro from the budget for personal assistance services which equates  to over 430,000 hours of personal assistance.

 

According to Michael McCabe Chairperson of CIL, who is himself a personal assistant service user, these cuts make "no moral or economic sense. It will increase pressure on frontline services while simultaneously depriving many of basic human rights. If Minister Reilly stands over this he will be making us prisoners in our own homes. The Irish disability community will not roll over and let this happen."

 

 

 

ENDS:

CONTACT:

Gary Lee 086 77 44 989

Nina Byrne 086 77 44 992

 

 

 

 

Nina Byrne,

Center for Independent Living,

Carmichael House,

North Brunswick Street,

Dublin 7.

 

www.dublincil.org 

Mobile: +353 86 7744 992

Fax:        +353 1 8730 998

 

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