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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 was not aware of that. I thank the Minister for informing the committee. The members and I absolutely share the Minister's expressions of concern.
- 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 thank the Minister for his address and for the clear commitments he has made in his Department to provide additional funding and so on. Before I call the members in the rotation which we normally agree, one important issue was raised today by Padraic Moran, who met the Minister last week. A key point he made was that he has requested on at least three separate occasions to meet the chief...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.
- 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 agree with the Minister. Will he support the request to write to the chief executive of Irish Rail to meet Mr. Moran as a matter of urgency?
- 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 asked all the chief executives of the transport companies to come here and they did, except for the chief executive of Irish Rail, who did not turn up. I raised this with the company's representative and said it was not acceptable. If the company's representatives are to have any credibility, they must be personally accountable. The role of this committee is to hold such people accountable.
- 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 wish to interrupt the Senator but the clerk contacted the Department on that issue yesterday. The Department agreed to release information in this respect. I appreciate it is a very important question but I ask that we deal with it later and we deal with it separately from disability matters. That is not to take from the Senator's question at all. Perhaps the Minister will...
- 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 call Deputy O'Keeffe and then the Minister can answer the questions from those four Members.
- 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 ask the Minister to respond to those points and then we will go to our Independent Deputies. Do they want to come in now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Sorry, whichever member wishes to go first.
- 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.