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HSE cuts to hit services for the elderly and disabled

Cuts affecting the elderly and the disabled feature strongly in a €130 million cost-reduction package announced by the HSE today. Some 600,000 home-help hours are being cut, the second time this service has been cut this year, while €10 million will be saved through a reduction in personal assistant hours for the disabled. Another €1.7 […]

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