Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

We have had debates in the past on the issue of disability, to which Senator O'Toole referred. I would like to follow up on the issue of the disabled drivers' regulations. The Department of Finance has a major role in allowing increased flexibility, in particular with regard to disabled passengers. As Senator O'Toole stated, blind people are not included for the purposes of these benefits. We should have a debate to try to achieve changes to the regulations which would, hopefully, be announced by the Minister for Finance in the budget. If the debate was held soon we might get movement from the Department of Finance on this issue.