Sinn Féin: Diet Allowance Starved of Funding

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Saturday March 08, 2008 11:10

by Cael - Sinn Féin Poblachtach

Low income famlies hit

People on a special diet allowance are being short changed
by the Department of Social and Family Affairs because
their entitlement has not increased for the past ten years,
a spokesman for Sinn Féin Poblachtach said today.

DIET ALLOWANCE STARVED OF FUNDING

People on a special diet allowance are being short changed
by the Department of Social and Family Affairs because
their entitlement has not increased for the past ten years,
a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin said today.

Joe Lynch from Ballinacurra Weston in Limerick, the
vice-chairman of the Munster RSF Executive said that
the dietary allowance is aimed at people whose health
requires them to purchase special foods.

While basic social welfare allowance generally rise
the fact is the dietary supplement has remained
static for the past number of years.

Successive budgets have ignored the allowance
yet the price of special foods such as low fat and
gluten free produce are rising all the time.

The people on the dietary allowance are surely
also entitled to have their entitlements increase
in line with inflation.

It seems to me that the department is trying to
ease out these special allowances and place the
burden on already financially strained men and
women.

The dietary allowance is vital to many men and
women on low incomes and it should be reviewed
urgently and a significant increase allocated to the fund.

(Ends)
Issued on Friday 7th March 2008

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Sinn Fein Number One

by voter

Sat Mar 08, 2008 13:40

Good for Sinn Féin that they highlight this issue.

I have never voted for them, but in the light of the party's stance on issues like this, and the peace process, I think I will vote for them in future.

I rarely look at indymedia, so I probably won't see any reply to this comment, but I wanted the person who posted the item above to know that now Aengus O Snodaigh can count on at least one extra vote at the next election.

Aengus is just about ok : feed Seán instead!

by Sharon . - Individual .

Sat Mar 08, 2008 14:46

Hi 'voter' !

Good for you !

However , could I suggest that you move to Tallaght - just 'up the road' from where Aengus plies his trade - and vote for our Seán . His 'diet' of votes at the last general election was somewhat lacking in the necessary requirement.

Thanks!

Sharon.

glasses

by rsf not psf

Sun Mar 16, 2008 02:10

its republican sinn fein.
different crowd.
not gerry adams provo sinn fein.open ur eyes and read the post again haha

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