Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I am not sure whether I agree with its contents fully. However, on the issue I have raised about intellectual disability, where there is huge discrimination, I referred to a case in which the parents are elderly but still are on the road each day to look after their daughter and were the State to provide full-time care, there would be a huge cost to it. In this case, all the parents seek is the concession in respect of car tax on the car, which they are being refused at present. They live in a rural area without public transport and even if public transport was available, the person concerned must be accompanied by an adult at all times. It is in this context that I ask that the current regulations be considered to ascertain whether this type of family can be catered for because they have done everything possible to care for their child and as I stated, that child is now 52 years of age.