Disability groups unite to oppose Bill

DISABILITY groups from around the country will gather in Dublin tonight to keep pressure on the Government not to enact the new Disability Bill.

Disability groups unite to oppose Bill

The meeting will also address the shortcomings of the disability funding package announced by the Government in the Budget.

Yesterday a spokesperson for namhi, the National Association for the Mentally Handicapped of Ireland, said the Bill was fundamentally flawed because instead of enforceable rights, disabled people would only have a right of assessment of needs without a guaranteed right to required services.

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