Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of Ireland signing up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Incidentally, the convention has not yet been ratified. In that context, when does the Government intend to restore the motorised transport grant? I asked the Taoiseach that question on 1 February, exactly two months ago. He told me that he would take a personal interest in the matter and that he would shortly be in a position to give me a date. The only problem with the answer was that it was exactly the same as what he had told me two months previously. The difficulty is that thousands of vulnerable disabled people have potentially qualified for the motorised transport grant since it was abolished for new entrants in 2011. This has been going on for five years. My appeal is on behalf of those people. Will the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform indicate when the Government intends to grasp this particular nettle?

My first comment is on the general matter of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath, is working hard on that project to ensure it is realised. His work represents the acknowledgment we want to put in place in respect of the rights of those who need services and support. The Minister of State has engaged with me on the matter. I know he is now working with the Department of Justice and Equality in particular to progress it. Deputy O'Dea raised a specific matter regarding the time for the change for those who need support with transport. I cannot give the Deputy a specific date now because the Minister of State is leading that work. However, I will inquire of him in respect of where it stands and ask that he respond to the Deputy.