The Irish Wheelchair Association has 10,500 members in the Republic

Wheelchair users may be eligible for disability benefit or a disability allowance, depending on their employment history. The disability allowance is means tested and includes a free travel pass. It may also include a fuel allowance, a rent supplement, health board services, free electricity/gas, a free TV licence and a free telephone rental allowance. The maximum disability allowance is £77.50 a week, more if you have dependants. When you start a job, your disability allowance diminishes (by 25 per cent the first year and 50 per cent the second).

Wheelchair users may be eligible for a mobility allowance of £45.60 per month, payable through the health boards

FAS and the Health Boards provide training services for wheelchair users; FAS supports those seeking employment and identifies suitable candidates for job opportunities offered by employers

Dublin Bus has 28 wheelchair accessible buses, but plans to introduce more than 200 more by December

Bus Eireann has 71 wheelchair accessible buses operating in Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway; 35 more will be introduced by the end of the year. There are no long distance or non-city commuter coaches which are wheelchair accessible. There is no design available on the market for such coaches to meet the accessibility requirement. Since 1998, all new Bus Eireann city buses are wheelchair accessible.

Variations in kerb heights mean that wheelchair users sometimes can't gain access to wheelchair accessible buses.