A CAMPAIGN group is furious that provisions in the Disabilities Bill will cut the number of disabled people entitled to services.

The Forum of People with Disabilities is disputing the Government's claim that the recent Disability Bill is rights-based.

DISABILITY groups are stepping up pressure on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to enact the long drawn-out rights’ bill.

EQUALITY groups opposed to the transfer of discrimination cases from the Equality Tribunal to the district court have warned the move could cause the Equal Status Act to collapse.