Disability services - No centre inspection appalling

THE plight of Ireland’s disabled people, which can only be described as a dark stain on the conscience of society, is graphically illustrated by today’s revelation on the lack of inspection at residential centres.

Successive governments, and especially the current administration, have a history of promising much but doing little to address the problems of disabled people.

In a classic example of this niggardly approach, the Disability Bill now before the Dáil does not guarantee their right to services but makes it subject to economic considerations.