Dáil debates
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Disabilities Data
5:50 pm
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source
The Deputy referred to lifts. I have a few statistics on this that might help him. Across the rail network, of 144 stations, an average of 12 lifts were out of service per week in 2018. The reasons were vandalism, parts being required or technical call-outs. Vandalism accounted for lifts being out of service on over 44 occasions in 2018. Some issues were rectified within an hour while others took up to a month if specialist parts were required to be ordered. Sometimes lifts simply cannot be repaired rapidly, and this obviously has a detrimental and very regrettable effect on people with a disability because it makes it much harder for them to gain access to public transport. I am determined to tackle this in an energetic way also.
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