Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

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

Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme: Discussion

Mr. Ger Deering:

I agree that it should be a more holistic assessment of the person’s mobility and that can be measured. This is done all of the time in rehabilitation centres, hospitals and various places and they are able to measure the level of somebody’s mobility. In this case, somebody has decided that only people with those really restrictive criteria can avail-----