Mr. Padraic Moran:

When I looked into this, the one thing I found is that I got a long-term illness book because of a primary physical disability. The travel subsidy is linked to the disability allowance. There is no provision to link it to the long-term illness scheme. I get the argument that a bad back is a long-term illness. However, a proviso or provision could be introduced to the effect that if it is a primary physical disability, or if one looks at it on a case-by-case basis, it can be put into that system. However, because form A says this, it cannot change. In certain circumstances, when one is trying to access services with a disability, the system does not allow itself to be bent. It is either box A or box B, and if it is neither of them, then good look to the person.