Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised)

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have to say that it is totally welcome. We made the recommendation. One group in particular, which represented people with epilepsy, was before the committee, so we widened our recommendation. We are absolutely delighted about that. I think everybody in the committee would recognise that it was a major step forward that everybody who is disqualified from driving due to medical reasons would get free travel. That will be of great assistance to those people. I am sorry if I was if I did not give the Minister due credit for it, because I absolutely do give her credit. It is a massive move forward for those people.

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