Clare Leader Forum Claims Green Paper Will Impede On Human Rights Of Disabled People

The Clare Leader Forum claims proposed disability reform legislation will impede on the human rights of people with disabilities. Public consultation remains open until March on the government's Green Paper on Disability Reform which includes proposals to reform various income supports such as disability allowance and the blind pension. Among those in opposition to the proposed legislation are members of the Clare Leader Forum who claim it's in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ahead of a rally against the Green Paper on O'Connell Street Ennis this Friday, Clare Leader Forum member and Ennistymon native, Trish McNamara says the legislation will force disabled people to bear an untentable financial cost.