Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Fulham and Ms Tinsley. I have a follow-up question on the broader point. I echo the comments of Deputy Ó Murchú regarding the broader issues in respect of accessibility, particularly in terms of public transport.

I want to take the opportunity to address some of those issues today. I will raise a couple of measures the Government has taken in recent times. There has been a doubling of fines to try to tackle the issue of parking of footpaths. What is our guests' sense of that and the effectiveness of that response? Some people are pointing towards the need for enforcement.

Other issues were the standing down of the board of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal and the issue around primary medical certificates. This goes back a long time. There have been issues about definitions and criteria, as well as the exclusion of individuals from those schemes. Will each of our guests comment on their sense of those changes and what needs to be done to improve? Perhaps Ms Kennedy would start.