Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme: Former Members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal

Dr. Nicky Scaramuzzi:

There are many people who would be really happy just with a simple grant towards adaptation. I am referring especially to people with children with challenging behaviours who whizz around the inside of the car. A simple, specialised seat restraint might just transform the people’s lives such that they could go from A to B. It is often a question of a simple solution, but what we are offering is a very generous lifelong benefit that is great but gives an awful lot to very few. Even if we had, as an interim measure, the ability to grant a certain amount of money to people for an adaptation, 50% of people we see would probably be quite happy with that. That is the sort of thing they are looking for. There are looking for help with adaptation.

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