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Speech at launch of the Barnardos and Whizz Kidz “Don’t push me around!” report.
21 June 2006
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The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Barney McNeany, today welcomed the Whizzkids and Barnardo’s report on the problems children face when they need wheelchairs.
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