Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Issues surrounding the primary medical certificate are raised week after week by the groups who appear before the Joint Committee on Disability Matters. There is an intransigence in the system. The appeals board resigned a few months ago. There is no mechanism for appeals. A court case was taken in June 2020 and new legislation was passed but the system does not seem to be working. On behalf of the committee and on my own behalf, I would like raise the future of the primary medical certificate and how we are going to make it more adaptable to ensure the people who really need it are being targeted.

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