***Please note: Only vehicles that are tax exempt have a toll exemption***

Not all Toll Road Plaza's in Ireland are manned so if your vehicle registration plate isn’t read, the barrier stays down. This can be awkward and delay your journey. The Toll Road operators have given us these phone numbers which are monitored 24/7 365 days a week.

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has said that personal transport supports for people with disabilities are inadequate, unfair and inequitable. 

No longer will disabled drivers need to search for accessible parking bays only to find them occupied. The revolutionary new SpaceFinder app, available on Apple and Android, can now pinpoint vacant accessible spaces and for those with Apple CarPlay, provide real-time navigation to the nearest available space.

Watch a short video of the launch here: https://youtu.be/vlZ8Hc8WU1Q 

Kildare man Matt Walker is one of two entrepreneurs who secured funding on BBC One’s Dragons’ Den programme for their business, which assembles and distributes the Omeo wheelchair.

Matt Walker and Cristian Brownlee entered the den to negotiate for a £40,000 investment for 15% in their business. 

People with disabilities 'need action rather than committees', says Ombudsman

The Ombudsman has criticised this Government for its lack of progress in providing access to personal transport support for people living with a disability.

In 2021, the Office of the Ombudsman published the Grounded report, which found that personal transport supports for people with disabilities are inadequate, unfair, and inequitable.

The DDAI is welcoming the publication of the Cost of Disability in Ireland Report by Indecon, but is calling for immediate action by Government to address the significant costs outlined for people with disabilities.

Please click this link to view the winter edition of Steering Wheel - Steering Wheel Winter 2021

Watch this short video explaining what the DDAI Bay Watch Campaign is and how you can help

Would you like to see the current legislation changed to allow An Garda Síochána and Traffic Wardens to issue parking tickets to those illegally parked in wheelchair accessible parking bays on private property? VOTE by clicking the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BayWatchCampaign

There was media coverage recently about the resignation of several members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (DDMBA) https://bit.ly/3GxPjxX.  In case there is any confusion, there is no connection between the Board of Appeal and the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland (DDAI), which is an entirely separate entity.