Rights-based disability law urgent

THE health services attract such persistent criticism, despite the fact that billions of euro are poured into it, that another critical appraisal of one aspect of it is hardly surprising.

The latest report to take the Government seriously to task comes from Amnesty International and concerns its deplorable record across the entire spectrum of mental health.

It confirms that services are slow, inadequate, inconsistent in their applications throughout the country and severely under-resourced in terms of staff, money and available therapies.