Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I do not have a list of disabilities but disability is defined as "a substantial restriction in the capacity of the person to carry on a profession, business or occupation". If the level of epilepsy is such that it causes substantial restriction in that regard then it is covered by the Bill. To repeat an example I gave in the Dáil, where clinical depression is curable it is not within that definition. Bipolar depression or schizophrenia, which are of a continual or recurrent nature even though they may be episodic, are included. Various levels of illness may or may not amount to disability but that will be for the medical practitioners to decide as part of the assessment process.