60% cut in Exceptional Needs Payments is a disgrace – Brian Stanley TD Recent shocking figures have revealed that State spending on the Exceptional Needs Payments Scheme has fallen from over €80m in 2008 to a budgeted €29m this year – a reduction of over 60% by the Department of Social Protection. An Exceptional Needs … Continue reading 60% cut in Exceptional Needs Payments is a disgrace – Brian Stanley TD