Still no guarantee of rights or resources

THE Disability Bill will be seen as a betrayal of the disability movement. It provides neither a rights-based service nor the resources for such a service.

The Taoiseach and half the cabinet who attended the launch of the bill promised that the necessary resources would be provided. I would suggest that there should be a practical demonstration of this immediately.

The disabled person’s grant assists old and young with a disability to modify their houses, thereby enabling them to live in dignity and comfort at home. The alternative is institutional care.