Government's disability strategy 'in shambles'

THE Government's €1.3 billion National Disability Strategy has been labelled a "shambles" by the new head of an international disability organisation.

Nigel Brander, president of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability or FIMITIC, called for a single authority with overall responsibility for the area.

"The Government's National Disability Strategy, which allocated an extra €1.3 billion to the disability sector up to 2009, is in shambles," said Mr Brander, after being elected at FIMITIC's headquarters in Switzerland.