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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to get this right. As I said earlier, I am anxious to keep to disability issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate that and I am trying to facilitate everybody. Senator Feighan asked a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to be clear, Deputy Barry. I have been around a long time. I am keeping the agenda to disability. The Deputy is welcome to come back and get the answer to his questions if the Minister wishes to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy should come back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It was a question somebody asked the private coach contractors here. That is my understanding-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It was a two-year regulation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: There were plenty of questions but the Minister is well able to answer them all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister would look like Deputy Gerry Adams then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will give the Minister grey hair if he wants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It should be unannounced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Barry will be back then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: In fairness to the Minister, he has agreed to go with some of the people who were witnesses here today, which proves his commitment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Has the Minister published a list of where that €28 million is actually going to be spent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It would help in the transparency of the debate that the committee would have such a list - if and when it is available - of what is intended to do so we can benchmark it against what needs to be done. I believe that is the key point, and obviously the increase-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: -----whatever it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If it is helpful to the Minister, the committee will produce a report; we can identify what the Department and the Minister is doing with the funds and we can measure what needs to be done. If we know what is being done we know what is not being done and we can see how the issues can be sorted, especially around the bus stops, which is a hugely important matter in rural Ireland. There is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is fair enough. We need to know what is going to be done and what is not. What needs to be done? That is fine and I welcome the trebling of funding. Funding of €28 million sounds fantastic but we do not know what it is going to do or what needs to be done after that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not want all that now. We can come back to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps the Minister will give us whatever he can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: We will need to know the percentage that remains unfinished.