Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. The presumption is that the target is to improve the quality, frequency and efficiency of services in moving people from A to B as quickly and effectively as possible. Unfortunately, it also involves interference with some of the existing services in a way that might be difficult for people with mobility issues and who have already become accustomed to certain services. Will the Minister make a particular effort to ensure people who are generally in the middle of the towns or close-by will continue to have available to them the services to which they have become accustomed? I ask this for the very obvious reason that if one takes something away from people who have become accustomed to it during the years, it creates a problem.

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