Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042: National Transport Authority

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the point. It is something worth looking at and continuing to look at. Factories, offices and schools appear. People in that demographic then realise that if they can get from place to place on a particular bus, they will not need to be driven to school, football, rugby or whatever it happens to be.

The safety and security of public transport is quite a controversial issue. I will not rehash all the taxi issues raised by Deputy O'Rourke but I certainly agree with much of what he said. There are challenges. I have been on late-night Luas trams -not very late but the last one home or whatever. People need their wits about them. Where does the NTA see that at present and where does it see it going? We have to make sure public transport is not just safe for able-bodied young people but for everybody, including those who are older and may not be as agile, slightly infirm people in wheelchairs, and those with rollators, walking sticks and so on. I am not saying it is unsafe but it is not as safe as people would like it to be. What is the NTA's take on that at present?

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