Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)

The Deputy’s points are relevant, and I will take them back to the NTA and Dublin Bus. It is not about making it difficult for people. It is about ensuring they can have accessibility. The work we are doing to make public transport accessible for older or disabled people must not count for nothing. It is about that reliability piece, but it is also about accessibility and not creating a barrier. I will bring that back. The other point that is worth making is that while the retrofit programme is important, if we cannot have the bus stop at the nearest point for people to help them to access public transport, we are missing something. I will certainly bring the Deputy's comments back to the relevant stakeholders.

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