Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy spoke, he crossed a number of Departments. I am delighted to share with him that the Minister met with the Minister for Social Protection just before Christmas and is due to meet her again in the coming weeks. I chaired the transport group relating to disability. I hope to see some positive moves with regard to that. I am a firm believer in the mobility allowance, which was removed in 2013. Something needs to be done there. There are great findings on it. I agree with the Deputy regarding the primary medical certificate. As the courts and the PTAs have told us, the criteria for the certificate is far too narrow. We must look at all those elements. There is a Department of Social Protection response and a Department of Transport response so it is a whole-of-government response to the cost of disability.

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