Opposition leader Simon Busuttil toured Dar tal-Providenza today to mark the 50th anniversary of the Home.

He said that major progress had been made to improve the lives of persons with disability but there was still more to be done , suchas in the case of refugees.

"We have to move on from words to action," Dr Busuttil said, adding that the Opposition backed government action to help people with disability.

Dr Busuttil was shown around by the director of the home, Fr Martin Micallef, who said that notwithstanding the laws that had been enacted, there was still discrimination, in various sectors of Maltese society including the labour and employment sector. 

Dr Busuttil was accompanied by Paula Mifsud Bonnici, Shadow Minister for Social Policy and Nationalist Party candidates Graziella Schembri and Albert Buttigieg.

They met the residents and support workers as well as administration.