Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion
Mr. John Kinnane:
It is a timing issue with regard to the collection of data. I will refer to the Revised Estimates Volume.
In the section covering the Department of Transport there are metrics for what its targets are for 2022 and were for 2021. Therefore, targets are in place. When one searches for the number of wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the taxi fleet, there is a target set of 3,300 for this year. Likewise, there is a target for the number of accessible bus spacing stations. This is a timing issue with regard to reporting. As Ms O'Loughlin said, when the data become available they will be included. However, the important point is these are metrics the Department is focused on collecting. They have been identified as important equality metrics and they will be reported against. They have been included in the REV with targets for this year and when it comes to next year we will be able to see how it is delivered.
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