Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Mr. Ray Hernan:

We are trying to achieve a balance between - I hate to say it, but I will be upfront - the commerciality of the situation with our absolute obligations. We need to get that right in terms of the 24-hour notice. None of our city services requires notification, and they comprise the vast majority of our services. We are trying to improve the fleet and ensure that, even if the seats have already been removed, buses are accessible. That has been a problem. We will be at 92% accessibility by the end of this year. Where it is realistic and we believe there is a necessity to provide a permanent reduction in capacity to facilitate a wheelchair user, we will consider that.

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