A new report, Grounded: unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes, has been published by the Ombudsman.
Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has said that personal transport supports for people with disabilities are inadequate, unfair and inequitable. In his report, ‘Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes’ the Ombudsman says that both he and his predecessors received many complaints about three schemes – the Motorised Transport Grant, the Mobility Allowance, and the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers scheme. However, when his Office has highlighted the unfairness and inequity of the schemes, the response of government has been either to discontinue access to the schemes without a promised replacement, or to reinforce the inequitable criteria in primary legislation.
Read more here: https://www.ombudsman.ie/publications/reports/grounded-unequal-access-f/index.xml