Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I add my voice to the call made by Deputy Cian O'Callaghan on access for all. I commend the Access for All campaign for highlighting the constant problem at DART stations. We have many of them in our area. A key aspect of that is the lack of staff in DART stations to actually assist people when there are difficulties with lifts and to report these difficulties and so on.

I also wish to ask the Taoiseach about something I have asked him about before, that is, the grants for taxi drivers moving to electric vehicles. The scheme was discontinued and I got answer from the Department saying the €15 million funding had been used up. There are many taxi drivers who want to move to electric vehicles. The €20,000 is inadequate and for some it is €10,000 because you have to scrap a vehicle. We need to make this available. Some are saying companies can get up to ten or 20 grants while individual taxi drivers cannot access the scheme, which is completely wrong. We need to put more money into that scheme and re-establish it as a matter of urgency.

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