Justice Flood pleads with Government to scrap Disability Bill

RETIRED High Court Judge Fergus Flood last night pleaded with the Government to scrap the Disability Bill, which is due to complete all stages through the Dáil today.

Justice Flood has chaired the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities.

Mr Justice Flood said the Government could still withdraw the bill, which he said was flawed, and replace it with one which would equalise the situation between disabled people and everybody else.