Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Ronan Murphy:
On the piece on the 24 hours, we actually reduced it in 2018. When we met with representatives from the Irish Wheelchair Association, they said that if it is a sunny day, people should not be stopped from going out. Therefore, we reduced it to four hours. We accept that it is not acceptable and we are trying to work on that. With the accessibility app, we could get that down further. At our intercity stations where, as Mr. Gilpin said, there are behaviours that people are turning up and going, we have 80% of our intercity customers booking in advance in general. It would be the norm across Europe that 80% to 90% would book in advance. Therefore, we are looking at our major stations to reduce the period of time from the current 24 hours advertised to one- to two-hour periods in advance, which, on an intercity basis, would be-----
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