People with disabilities have been
promised basic rights for years. The right
to assessment, to access to services, to be
represented, to basic information. All these
rights were going to be in the Disability Bill.

The Disability Bill has been published.
But there are no entitlements in the Bill.
No guarantees of anything.
No rights at all.
People from every part of the Disability
Movement have strongly objected to the Bill.
We all believe that if this Bill is passed by
Dáil Eireann, the campaign for rights will
be set back for years. 

Dáil Eireann will start debating this Bill next
Thursday. People in the Disability Movement
have one last chance to make our voices
heard ­     next Tuesday.
The meeting will be chaired by Fintan O'Toole,
and there will be short speeches from:

Kathy Sinnott ­ Hope Project
Deirdre Carroll ­ NAMHI
Donal Toolin ­ Forum for Disabilities in Ireland
John Dolan - Disability Federation
Seamus Greene ­ National Parents and
Siblings Alliance
Speaker from People with Disabilities Ireland
Disability Mass Meeting,
Mansion House, Dublin
Tuesday February 19th, 7.30 pm
NO RIGHTS ­ NO BILL!


And all our politicians will be invited to attend.
But this is your chance to be heard.
And it may be our last chance, as a united Disability Movement, to make the politicians listen.
No more broken promises. No more playing with words.
Now is the time for rights.