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‹ Questions on Promised Legislation Motorised transport scheme
Summary
Deputy McGrath raises a disabled child’s family and asks when the motorised transport scheme will be reinstated. The Tánaiste says she will ask the Minister to speak to him directly.
It is a pity the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is imithe. I want to ask about the motorised transport scheme. It is a wonderful scheme. I have a child in Tipperary, Alex, whose mother badly needs to replace her car, given that there is up to 400,000 km on it. She needs the car to bring him places. He cannot go on the school bus. He needs a specialist nurse. He is severely disabled. When will the scheme, which is so beneficial to families, be reintroduced? It is a commitment in the programme for Government and should be done sooner rather than later.
