Council planning crackdown on disabled parking abuse
Dublin City Council is planning a crackdown on what it says is the "widespread abuse" of the free parking system for disabled motorists.
The council says family and friends of disabled people are abusing the system by using permits to park for free in the city.
The majority of permits are currently issued by disability support groups, but the local authority is now planning to issue its own permits under significantly stricter criteria.
Owen Keegan, Dublin City Council's director of traffic, said the abuse of the current system was harming genuinely disabled people.
The Irish Wheelchair Association has welcomed the planned crackdown, saying the justification for many of the permits currently in existence was questionable.
