Plan should be given legal backing

The first-ever draft of national standards for the provision of quality services to people with disabilities, as well as a proposed monitoring system for ensuring compliance, was unveiled yesterday

The standards and monitoring system will be finalised in April, after a two-month consultation process involving people with disabilities and their families, service providers and State agencies.

Unfortunately, this comes far too late for Michael Cannon of Belcarra, Castlebar, who was paralysed from the neck down after an accident.