TRALEE: Demo against Bord Snip cutbacks

kerry | health / disability issues | event notice Thursday August 06, 2009 11:02 by seán moraghan - People Before Profit Alliance (Tralee)

Community protest

People Before Profit Alliance has been invited to attend, and we will support and promote, the following *local protest* against the Bord Snip report.

Protest organised by Kerry Network of People with Disabilities.

Please assemble at The Pikeman statue, Denny Street, MONDAY 17th August @ 2pm

Press Release from KNPD:

"In response to the proposed cuts in the Governments McCarthy Report, Kerry County Newtwork of People with Disabilities, and others, we are organising a protest on the streets of Tralee for the 17th of August at 2pm.

"We have worked for the recognition of the equal rights of people with disabilities their families and carers for at least 14 years now. The Government supported our work in the good times. Now we are calling on them not to cut us out in the recession. All Budgets must be compliant with international best practice on Human Rights.

It would be a mockery of Ireland’s record to date, where we all worked together with limited resources to achieve the greater inclusion of the most marginalised to now stop this work. When we signed up to the UN Charter for Human Rights Ireland showed an excellent example of working together to improve the lives of all of our citizens going a long way towards realising cherishing all of the children of the nation equally. We won’t be softened up for the “inevitable” cuts in our next national Budget!

We say NO! To cuts to social welfare, Rural Transport, Community and Voluntary sector supports, RAPID, Community Services Programme, closure of rural garda stations Education for young people with disabilities, minimum wage and Christmas bonus for the poorest in Ireland. These proposed cuts have a strong anti rural bias and we won’t take them!

We say YES! To capping earnings by fat cat TDs and Civil Servants at at least €100,000 per year inclusive of all expenses and perks surely they can live on that? There are savings to be made but we must all work together to come up with solutions not penalising the most vulnerable.

Please join us on the streets of Tralee and make our feelings known before its too late!"