I will not let down the last few Deputies because they waited all day, but I ask them to be brief. I call Deputy Breathnach, followed by Deputy Ferris and then finally Deputy Neville.

This is under the programme for Government on disabilities. The National Council for the Blind Ireland, NCBI, has informed Oireachtas Members today that in excess of 700 people are categorised as unable to drive a propelled vehicle due to varying degrees of sight impairment either by their doctor or under the regulations of the Road Safety Authority, RSA.

I know the constraints that the Taoiseach is under, but will he commit in the forthcoming budget to giving these citizens the free travel pass? Having signed up to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, that is the least we can do for the 700 people whose travel is being constrained on the foot of other agencies not giving them permission to drive.

I cannot make any commitments in advance of the budget and will not be able to until 8 October. However, it sounds like a good and fair idea that the free travel pass be extended to those 700 people. There may be more to it than meets the eye, but I will certainly have the Ministers, Deputies Regina Doherty and Finian McGrath, examine it to see whether it can be done.