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Fine Gael Seanad social protection spokesperson, Senator Nicky McFadden, has condemned the Government for reducing social welfare payments to carers, widowers, people with disabilities, and the blind by about 4 per cent in 2011, which comes on top of a similar cut last year.

Fine Gael social protection spokesperson Michael Ring TD has described Minister Eamon Ó Cuív’s training proposals as a bitter disappointment for the thousands of people on the live register who are still waiting for decent training and education opportunities.