Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In my meanderings, I forgot about an issue that I brought up previously in regard to Dublin Bus and assistance dogs for those with disabilities. I was specifically referring to a particular issue involving a young autistic man being refused entry onto the bus. Perhaps the driver did not recognise that it was an assistance dog. Has Dublin Bus looked at rectifying that? I am not talking about the specifics of that particular case but about some sort of education process internally. We are in a very changed world and we are dealing with people who have been provided with assistance dogs from the point of view of giving them the framework and the scope to be able to travel independently.

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