An advocate has said that the disabled community are sacrificing everything in order to survive as inflation spikes.
Kayleigh McKevitt is a fulltime wheelchair user and lives temporarily in accommodation supplied by the Irish Wheelchair Association. She participated in a recent protest organised by the Cost of Living Coalition, which demanded that the government reinstate the eviction ban with immediate effect.
She said that a balancing act is currently in place as disabled people attempt to live off the allocated weekly allowance of €220. She called on the government to increase the rate amid mounting financial pressures.
