Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thought I had dealt with it. I said clearly that it is not a quantitative restriction and that is why there is provision for wheelchair accessible vehicles, WAVs. The National Transport Authority has facilitated and looked at different grant forms to provide more vehicles into the marketplace. We must get more vehicles like these into the marketplace and it should be the number one priority. I am not using that as an excuse either and I object to that type of language being used.

As Senator Barrett said, the criteria for such vehicles are onerous due to cost and higher specifications. The NTA is looking at those specifications to create a lower cost entry level for such vehicles. We must address the issue quickly and this mechanism goes some way towards that. It is something those who use such vehicles feel strongly about.