At present, An Garda Síochána and Traffic wardens do not have the power to issue fines to drivers who illegally park in accessible parking bays in private carparks like shopping centres, educational institutions, hospitals and other spaces.  

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

On 26^th January Minister Ann Rabbitte convened a working group session to examine accessible transport for people with disabilities, including a priority review of the Disabled Drivers & Disabled Passenger’s Scheme.

At present, Gardai and Traffic wardens do not have the power to issue fines to drivers who illegally park in accessible parking bays in private carparks like shopping centres, educational institutions, hospitals and other spaces.  

To tackle the issue, the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland (DDAI) has launched its Bay Watch campaign with two objectives in mind. The first is calling on the Government to change the existing legislation so that gardai and traffic wardens can now impose fines on those parking illegally in private accessible bays. The second is to highlight the ongoing abuse of disabled parking bays in general and push for greater enforcement of existing regulations.

The 52nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland will take place on Saturday 8th October 2022 in The Killeshin Hotel, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

Independent Councillor Geraldine Donohue welcomes the audit of Disabled Parking Bays in Gort Town by Galway County Council following a deputation to the Loughrea Municipal District by Peter Gohery and Martin Moran last June where both men spoke of the various issues in the Loughrea Municipal District which creates difficulties for persons with disabilities, one of the issues raised related to parking facilities.

Please click this link to view the Winter edition of Steering Wheel 2022 - Steering Wheel Winter 2022

Have you 3 minutes to take our online survey?  The results of the survey will help us to improve disabled persons parking bays and parking permit enforcement - DDAI Parking Permit/Parking Bay Survey The deadline for survey responses is 30^th September 2022. Thank You!

The 52nd DDAI AGM took place in Portlaoise on Saturday 8th October.  This was the first time in 3 years that the AGM was 'in person' due to Covid restrictions.  The meeting was well attened with lots of new faces in the audience.  This years AGM was also live streamed over ZOOM.  If you couldn't attend and would like to watch a recording please click this link - https://bit.ly/3ekJ5bQ   Passcode: K7$Y!snZ