Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not satisfactory yet, but a fair amount of improvement has been made. Beginning this year, the NTA is introducing new low-floor coaches on regional commuter bus routes that will facilitate wheelchair access on to these services without pre-booking after sufficient vehicles have been introduced into the service. Progress is being made on that. There are more than two or three ways of tackling that problem. Elsewhere the advance notice to reserve a wheelchair space is 24 hours; it used to be 48 hours, so progress has been made. It is a difficult problem and it is being addressed in different ways