Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I am sorry that I do not have another 20 minutes because I have ten more issues to raise. I must wait for another day to get to them.

Does the Minister or the Department propose introducing a taxi voucher? Is he looking at doing so? The Minister will state that there is a considerable cost factor involved and it would take up the time of a large number of staff, but I saw the amount of money in the Estimates for computers and that raises the following question for the Minister and his officials. Are these computers working or is the Department just installing them one year and taking them out the next? Do they work? Is the Department unable to programme them? There is more money every year for computers, yet the Department cannot put together a simple scheme whereby those entitled to free travel can use a voucher scheme in rural Ireland.

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