Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

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

9:30 am

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not have any further questions to ask because Mr. Moran has outlined in detail his experiences of using public transport. As the Chairman alluded to, we have had the various advocacy groups in already so it is good to meet actual service users and hear their experiences. As they are aware, the Minister will be before the committee directly after this session. I asked Ms Murray a similar question but Mr. Moran said he spoke to the Minister, Deputy Ross, last week. If he was in our position today, what would he like to see him commit to in a public manner? What would he like to see him, as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, commit to achieving in, say, 12 months, two to three years and over a longer period? Mr. Moran will acknowledge he will not change the current structure overnight but we should be setting down clear goals, pathways to achieving those goals and, importantly, a timeframe for implementation. He might share with us what he believes are the three priorities in the short, medium and long term.

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