Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The wonderful thing about this working group is it will be an opportunity, as I said, to consider what worked well in the past and what resources were removed from people with disabilities which gave them independent access to participation. We all know from people coming to our offices how limited the primary medical certification is, and I think the courts have told us as well. I must compliment and thank the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, for his willingness to participate and to send his officials to the conversation. This means we are prepared to have that conversation. Technology has moved on in regard to adaptations within the car but if you are blind, you still cannot drive. People who are blind are completely excluded from the assessment criteria. It is about understanding what inclusion is and what people's rights are, and enshrining that within the whole-of-government, cross-departmental approach. I am delighted all the senior Ministers have allowed their officials to participate in this. No Department should be missing.