Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

2:00 am

Photo of Kevin MoranKevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy may know, the last time I was Minister of State, I introduced free access for people with disabilities. I set a target at that time that we would deliver 24 or 30. This time it is 30. It is tough - there is no point in saying it is not - but where we can do it, we do it. We do it in Garda stations, we do it in this building and we will continue to do it. Many people from the heritage side ask me how it is that we do not have more accessibility on sites. It is difficult to do because of the nature of the sites and the buildings, but our whole team are working very closely on delivering this. It is something I am very passionate about and something I want to continue to do.

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