Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

The Minister for disability and equality brought forward proposals yesterday to transpose the EU directive on access, which is an important directive in respect of the access people with disabilities have to public transport in particular. That is something we are going to progress very quickly. There have been improvements. The Minister, Darragh O'Brien, has been working with Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann in respect of access to public transport and he has reached agreement with them. This is something that has the attention of Government.

On the broader question, we will look to the budget to see what we can do in terms of income supports for people with disabilities or how we can improve upon the existing payments already in place.

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