Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

People born with physical disabilities often endure a multitude of health challenges. The amendment the scheme requires would greatly assist families in improving access to transportation for the many doctor and hospital visits required by those with disabilities and, as previously mentioned, would give necessary access to employment.

The current criteria for obtaining the primary medical certificate have been referred to, even by the Minister, as archaic and arduous for families who are already juggling so much. They have been waiting for far too long as it is.

I have raised the matter of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme with the Minister and the Taoiseach. I pointed to the fact that it needs to be amended to reflect that carers are not always blood relatives of those they care for, as is often the case in rural Ireland.

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