Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion

Photo of Martin KennyMartin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Fair enough. The other issue I wish to raise is accessibility.

It is a bugbear of people throughout the country, particularly wheelchair users, who have to book in advance, and even then they often cannot do so. It is a problem probably for everyone in the sector, including commercial providers. Moreover, in the case of the bus stops that have been put in, in many cases the cycle lanes go between the bus stop and the bus, and people using bicycles or e-scooters are a danger to everyone, especially people who are visually impaired or wheelchair users or are elderly and are trying to get onto a bus. It is one of the major oversights in the planning and I cannot understand how it has happened. What pressure is being put on them, as the providers of the service, to get that resolved?

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