Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

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

1:30 pm

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like a clarification. It has been mentioned that new contracts will be awarded. In the future will it be compulsory for all buses to be wheelchair accessible? Is there a commencement date for this? Let us say a bus company is awarded a public contract but its buses are not wheelchair accessible. When will the situation change for the company? If the company applies for a new contract will it be turned down on the basis that its buses are not wheelchair accessible?

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