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
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Yes, but the CTTC is operating its private service - and fair play to it - and making its profit from it. However, Mr. Traynor wants to make the State responsible and is asking that some of the CTTC's costs be offloaded on the State. The CTTC applies for contracts. One way of looking at the matter is that if it is a problem for the CTTC to provide wheelchair-accessible services, perhaps we should look at the qualifying criteria when applying for a tender through the NTA. If it is the case that the CTTC cannot provide for all the people, perhaps-----
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