Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The key issue was that the take-up was very low. There seemed to be a lot of red tape and stumbling blocks associated with it. In the context of this Bill, the committee identified previously that there are very many places around the country that do not have somebody to drive people to or from places. It is certainly worth consideration.

To conclude, I thank the Minister and his officials for their time here. I appreciate that it was a very long meeting and their time is very much appreciated. As the Minister is aware, a number of interest groups appeared before us prior to the heads of the Bill coming before us but the content of the Bill has been well flagged. The committee decided to invite all those groups in for further observations based on what is now known. In the interests of balance, the groups that have not been before us to date and that would have an interest in the Bill will come before us in the future as well. At that point, we would hope to conclude the pre-legislative process.