爱尔兰领导人放弃争议性计划, 在批评中测试残疾福利。 Irish leader drops controversial plan to means-test disability benefits amid criticism.

Fine Gael领导人Simon Harris指出,他的党友兼前社会保护部长Heather Humphers决定放弃一项有争议的提案,即为社会福利对残疾人进行经济测试。 Simon Harris, a Fine Gael leader, stated that Heather Humphreys, his party colleague and former Social Protection Minister, decided to abandon a controversial proposal to means-test people with disabilities for social welfare. 绿皮书中概述的提案包括一个分级津贴制度,包括残疾活动家在内的批评者认为该制度有辱人格和侮辱。 The proposal, outlined in a green paper, included a tiered allowance system that critics, including disability activists, deemed degrading and humiliating. 参议员汤姆·克洛南(Tom Clonan)将该提案比作英国一项信誉扫地的紧缩措施,表示需要250 000名残疾津贴领取者定期接受医疗检查。 Senator Tom Clonan compared the proposal to a discredited UK austerity measure, suggesting it would require 250,000 disability allowance recipients to undergo regular medical examinations.