Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Hogan and his colleagues. I thank them for attending.

I wish to raise a number of issues and the first one concerns the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. The long-standing, long reported and long complained about issues relating to the scheme came to a head in 2020 with the decision by the Supreme Court. However, we have since had, essentially, the resignation of the medical board of appeal and it appears that the underlying issues have not been addressed. What is the Secretary General's view of the scheme as it operates now? How does the Department propose to address the very clear deficiencies that have been identified?