I met members of the Irish Wheelchair Association outside the gates of Leinster House yesterday. Listening to them describe their experiences of trying to live a normal life in our country was truly heartbreaking. Wheelchair users face daily challenges in our cities and towns, in particular when dealing with public transport. It is a disgrace in this day and age that public transport is still so inaccessible and insufficient. This is particularly the case in rural Ireland, especially in Donegal where many wheelchair users are left isolated in their own homes due to a lack of accessible transport. It makes it impossible to work, socialise or be independent in any type of way. On top of this, 92% of the IWA's members said they incurred additional costs related to their disabilities. Will the Taoiseach consider rolling out a travel assistance scheme nationally that responds to the needs of people with disabilities in their own localities? Will he commit to introducing a cost-of-disability payment in budget 2026?

Yesterday, Deputy Brendan Smith raised issues pertaining to the submission made by the Irish Wheelchair Association, and I responded to some aspects of that. Deputy Ward is focusing more on transport issues.

Yes, in rural Donegal.

The Minister for disability and equality brought forward proposals yesterday to transpose the EU directive on access, which is an important directive in respect of the access people with disabilities have to public transport in particular. That is something we are going to progress very quickly. There have been improvements. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has been working with Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann in respect of access to public transport and he has reached agreement with them. This is something that has the attention of Government.

On the broader question, we will look to the budget to see what we can do in terms of income supports for people with disabilities or how we can improve upon the existing payments already in place.