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Wed 05 May 2004Vagaries of disability care to State's shameIt should be to the eternal shame of 21st century Ireland that the parents of an intellectually disabled boy could only contemplate death for themselves and their son "rather than leave him to the vagaries of a State care system in which they have no faith", the Dáil was told.Opening a private members' debate, Fine Gael's disability spokesman, Mr David Stanton, demanded that the Government immediately publish the Disability Bill and hold a summit of all stakeholders in the disability movement.