Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Keira KeoghKeira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I am running out of time. I definitely knocked on doors in Mayo and there was no availability, but that might be different around the country.

I will go to Ms Quigley, if I have time. I appreciated her presentation. I will turn to dignity in some of the assessments for disabled people. For example, with the primary medical certificate, if someone needs an augmented car, he or she has to walk from one side of the room to the other to prove it. Will Ms Quigley give any other tangible examples of lived experience where engaging with Departments to look for the likes of a primary medical certificate is uncomfortable? It lies with the Department of Finance rather than the Department that deals with disability.