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“When they go after people on welfare, they’re going after all of us because Dole is a small percentage of the social welfare budget.”
In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony speaks with independent journalist and Tipperary Disabled Persons Organisation co-chair Dean Buckley about his Irish Examiner article on welfare reviews, Fine Gael’s “new-old” political rhetoric around long-term unemployment, and the lived realities of disability policy in Ireland. They examine the effects of benefit scrutiny, inadequate employment supports, and a cost-of-disability payment shaped against disabled people’s consultation input.
“The idea that all welfare recipients are young people living off the state is a myth. Many older individuals are facing a skills mismatch due to rapid technological changes.”
Dean’s blog:https://leftinthelurch.net/
Dean’s piece: Simon Harris’s dole as a ‘way of life’ comment is Fine Gael kicking us while we’re down
Dr Abeba Birhane on AI Regulation and Accountability:https://www.patreon.com/tortoiseshack/posts/patron-exclusive-175137971