Tom Clonan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to hear that. I know that his hands are tied because Irish Rail is depending on funding from other agencies and so on. I will finish now, Chair. I am sorry for going on for so long. One of the things we lack here is ambition. I do not know what it is about Ireland. Whether it is a post-Catholic phenomenon or a post-colonial thing, there is this idea that if a person is disabled, he or she is going to have a crap experience. People say we will endeavour and try this and do that. This is the last frontier of equality. Irish people are very good on equality. However, we cannot do to disabled people what we would not do to any other protected category of citizen whether that be because of ethnicity, religious formation, sexual orientation, gender identity or whatever. We just have to stop. We cannot treat people like that. That as to be reflected in the language we use and the assumptions we make. I am glad that I came here this evening because I am now aware. I am going to find out what companies do not do this and I will name and shame them.