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In Touch: The Impacts of an Inactive Government - Northern Ireland

The Impacts of an Inactive Government - Northern Ireland

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, The Impacts of an Inactive Government - Northern Ireland

In Touch assesses the impacts of Northern Ireland's Assembly being inactive.

In Touch assesses the impacts on Northern Ireland's visually impaired population after the country's government was inactive for several years.

The Northern Ireland Assembly, the country's devolved legislature, have recently reformed after years of political stalemate. In Touch investigates the issues that arose during the Assembly's years of inactivity and that will have potential long-term impacts for visually impaired people. Some of the changes to the UK's benefit system uniquely impacts people in Northern Ireland because it has meant that many are no longer automatically entitled to free eye tests. This is something that many fear could lead to early signs of conditions that can cause blindness, being missed. And we investigate the impacts to transport services; particularly community transport, as many visually impaired people across Northern Ireland heavily rely on it to continue to live full and independent lives.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings	 
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole  
Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image and he is wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three separate white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one is a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.

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