Disability laws ‘useless’ without sufficient resources

LAWS to improve education for people with disabilities are useless without the proper staffing, funding and other resources, TDs and Senators were told yesterday.

The Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science is hearing submissions on the Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill this week.

The bill was redrafted and published by Education Minister Noel Dempsey in July after an original version published last year was withdrawn. The bill is due to be enacted later this year.