Leitrim TD calls for engagement on disabled drivers and passengers scheme
The call comes following a report from the Ombudsman for Public Services, which highlighted difficulties faced by people with disabilities when accessing both p...
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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...