Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Every agency of the State should be cognisant and conscious of the need to align with overall Government policy on disability access. There may be operational issues in terms of adjusting every single bus in the fleet right now. I would have to check all that out. I do not want to make commitments in advance but I am very clear that there should be a legal and legislative framework governing all of this in terms of access to our public transport system for people in wheelchairs and for people with disabilities more generally. Just as transferring to electric vehicles will take a bit of time, so will this. Where we are purchasing new fleet, it should be wheelchair accessible and accessible for people with disabilities. I will revert back to the Deputy with a more comprehensive position on this matter.

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