Ms Anne Graham:

In general, all our operators, through their different media, would certainly say if an escalator or lift was out of order. They publish that data as much as possible so that users can get that information. There was a period of time where the lifts accessing rail stations in and around the Dublin region on the DART line were being vandalised regularly and were out of service. Following that, we worked with Iarnród Éireann to put in place a programme to refurbish the lifts, but also a lift call system, which has a CCTV camera attached. That is in order to try to reduce the amount of vandalism on lifts. The lift will not open if the person looks like they will do some damage to that vital piece of infrastructure for those with a mobility impairment. A number of things are in train to do that. It is challenging when toilets are out of service. That is something we will take up with both bus operators and Irish Rail to see how we can improve the level of access for those kind of services.