Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 850: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32139/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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On the 9th of July I published a review of the Disabled Parking Scheme which was conducted by my Department, and whose conclusions I have accepted. One of the recommendations of this review is to refocus the criteria for eligibility for the Scheme from the current position where eligibility depends on specific medical conditions, to a position where the deciding factor is the degree of mobility impairment from which the applicant suffers.

Under the current rules people suffering from Alzheimer's disease are not covered by the Scheme. Under the new rules, people who suffer serious mobility impairments due to their condition will be eligible, and this would, of course, include any Alzheimer's sufferers whose condition involves serious mobility impairment.

Work is now under way in my Department to revise the Scheme in the light of the review's recommendations.