Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 September 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

9:00 am

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is flattery, I am sure. The Minister of State's brief is wider than flood relief. There are 70 sites where guided visitor services are provided, some of which may not be accessed by people with disabilities, including people in wheelchairs and so on. Is there any indication as to how many are not accessible and is there a programme to try to make more of them accessible?

Programme A indicates the amount of money given to local authorities for minor flood relief works as being €178,000 for the year. I think the Minister of State might have referred to a sum of €200,000. I am not sure, but that might be the sum given to local authorities for minor works this year. Last year there was-----

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