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The call comes following a report from the Ombudsman for Public Services, which highlighted difficulties faced by people with disabilities when accessing both p...

The government are being urged to re-start the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme.   The calls come after a report from the Ombudsman

The Ombudsman also criticises passport issues and NCT errors among the office’s latest annual report.

Councillor Michael Foley (Fine Gael) has asked if the system around Primary Medical Certificates – a document that confirms a person as severely and permanently disabled – is broken, hitting out at the assessment and appeals process, as well as the ‘restrictive’ qualifying criteria.

Disabled drivers are calling on the government to introduce new laws granting power to Gardai and traffic wardens to fine motorists parking illegally in private...

Ford has developed a prototype robot EV charging station that disabled drivers, people with reduced mobility and older people can operate using a smartphone inside their vehicle.

Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats says many need help from the government in the upcoming budget, but disabled people are particularly vulnerable.

Sinn Féin TD for Clare Violet-Anne Wynne has criticised the Government’s lack of political will to resolve the human rights issues that Disabled People face.

Pearse Doherty and Denis Naughten are among the TDs who have hit out at the government’s handling of the matter.

Here is what is making the headlines this morning.