Seán Crowe
Ceist:345 Mr Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will apply some flexibility in this case. [26804/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 2 November 2004
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Freagraí scríofa
The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 empower local authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers' Association, to grant a disabled person's parking permit where they are satisfied that the applicant is suffering from a disability that prevents him or her from walking or causes undue hardship to the person in walking.
The qualifying criterion is therefore a question of personal mobility and no specific medical condition is stipulated in the regulations. It is a matter for each of the issuing organisations to determine whether or not a disabled person's parking permit should be granted based on each application submitted to it. I have no involvement in respect of the determination of individual applications made to any of those bodies.