Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not all about Dublin where the Minister's constituency is located. Money has been pumped into Dublin and the fleets in Dublin, Galway, Waterford and Sligo have been made 100% accessible. I am talking about Tipperary, which I represent in case the Minister does not know. This is a scenario that cannot be allowed. The Minister can talk about his new bus shelters, but when the bus comes one may not get a space on it. That is farcical as the Minister knows better than me. Wheelchair users in Tipperary have legitimate expectations around being able to access suitable public transport. Even those modest expectations are years away from being a reality, which is deeply frustrating to say the least. While his Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, may not tell him, the Minister has a responsibility to the disabled public of Tipperary as well as to Dublin, Connolly Station, the Luas and God knows what he will have underground. It is not all about Dublin. Ireland does not end at the M50 and it is time the Government realised that.

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