What do people think about this? Is it right to penalise disabled people because of the abuse which others make of the system? Are there other ways to deal with this problem? Should penalties for abuse be tougher? Is it right that disabled people have these privileges in the first place? Read the article and give your views. Thanks.
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I was listening to Owen Keegan talking about this on Newstalk earlier, and the proposals are a little more complicated than just 'charging the disabled'.
While he is certainly suggesting that a charge should be applied to those using the current (national) system of permits, but he's also proposing that Dublin City Council would also introduce its own system of permits, which would apply stricter criteria to what is considered a disability, would be independently medically verified, and which would limit the transferability of the permit to a small number of listed vehicles (at the moment the permit can be given to anyone).
Seems reasonable enough.
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I think the idea of introducing a special permit for Dublin goes against the idea of having a national standard practice.
The restriction to a particular car could be unfair. In some cases, the permit is issued to to a disabled person who does not drive but is driven in their own cars by relatives. The permit is needed to allow use of wider parking bays so that the disabled person can transfer from the car to a wheelchair. The free parking is not the issue, the width of the bay & proximity to services is what is most helpful.
Mostly these permits are facilitating access to reserved bays in shopping centres & these are outside of the control of the city council.
By all means, enforce stricter standards on the issuing of permits, their abuse and also the abuse of reserved bays, but let's not impose another permit system on the disabled. One is enough.
True - that's why I think the proposal is to restrict it to a number of specified cars (which could easily be the cars of relatives), rather than an unlimited number of unspecified cars.Originally Posted by Dubliner
Which is why tighter restrictions would seem to be a good idea, as it would ensure (or go some way to ensuring) that these are available to disabled persons, and aren't occupied by others abusing the permit system.The permit is needed to allow use of wider parking bays so that the disabled person can transfer from the car to a wheelchair. The free parking is not the issue, the width of the bay & proximity to services is what is most helpful.
That's true, which is why:Mostly these permits are facilitating access to reserved bays in shopping centres & these are outside of the control of the city council.
this would seem to be the optimal course of happen. Whether it'd ever happen, though ...By all means, enforce stricter standards on the issuing of permits, their abuse and also the abuse of reserved bays, but let's not impose another permit system on the disabled. One is enough.
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Yes, but do we need another permit system in addition to the existing one?
Does my relative have to get two passes, one for Dublin & one for the rest of the country?
Will she be limited in the number of relatives that she can choose to travel with?
Why not just enforce the existing system properly? The existing passes have to be renewed every two years, more stringent authentication requirements could be applied at that point.
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