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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: No, there was one meeting in December.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: The review has not started. Just to be factual----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: The Ceann Comhairle cut me off 20 seconds before I was finished.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Just to put it straight, that review is not happening until the second quarter of this year, which will mean that medical card holders will not have had access to dental treatment and primary pupils will have had no dental check-ups for 18 months.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am just putting the facts right.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received an application for a strategic road grant for the Port Access Northern Cross route under the strategic grant scheme from Louth County Council; if so, the details of the application including the status of same; if the road is eligible for such a grant as was previously indicated at a meeting of the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I will go back to the questions on next-generation ticketing. Am I right in stating that the authority could not give a date for when private operators on PSO routes would be able to provide the next-generation ticketing system for those aged between 19 and 23? Is it the case they will have to wait for the bus to be replaced or will the account-based ticketing system and technology be provided?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Right.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Are they going to have to wait?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: If the NTA deems that there is an insufficient number of passengers, is it the case that it is not going to bother with that particular company or whatever? I assume that is why the authority is looking at figures.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Has the authority flagged that with the Government and the Department as-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: -----being an issue or an impediment, as such?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Is it possible today for people with the TaxSaver passes or the pensioners and carers to pre-book seats on Irish Rail, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and commercial operators' services?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: That will be an issue. Is the NTA going to address it?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: What of Bus Éireann, say?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: What percentage of the total bus fleet is currently wheelchair-accessible?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yes. start with urban.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: All right, so there would be a lift if the vehicle is not low-floor. Is that what Ms Graham is saying?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: She is also saying that regional buses are 100% wheelchair-accessible.