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Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: The EU has given a very clear response to this, otherwise we are giving all the wrong signals. European leaders will, I hope, send a very strong signal to a regime that is repressing its own people, expelling foreign journalists, silencing civil society and human rights defenders. If indecision or weakness is shown by the EU, it will reinforce in the minds of the decision makers in that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the disparity between the fares charged to Bus Éireann passengers and Dublin Bus passengers, when taking into account journeys of the exact same distance. [27814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the National Transport Authority has failed to use a radius method for the selection of fares that are being offered within Cork county instead of the chosen routes which would supply equality of access to fares and encourage greater use of public transport post-pandemic. [27815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of the Leap card on the Cork to Mallow rail service. [27828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the next stop audio project that the National Transport Authority undertook to deliver as part of the findings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport report on the Accessibility of Public Transport Services for People with Disabilities which has yet to be delivered across Bus Éireann services. [27816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority is instructing Bus Éireann to operate its new low floor coaches on specific routes, while not operating them in cases in which there is a known requirement. [27817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with the groups that represent mobility impaired persons that require the use of a wheelchair to ensure that the fleet being purchased is fit for purpose and not just compliant with international standards which have not kept pace with the development of powered wheelchairs. [27818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with a committee (details supplied) to avail of its unique knowledge regarding the needs of disabled customers across the public transport network. [27819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of drivers and supervisors that have been trained in the use of wheelchair lifts on high-sided coaches as classified by the National Transport Authority. [27821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the National Transport Authority with regard to its funding of a transport training centre for the disabled community by an organisation (details supplied). [27822/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an assurance will be given that a person who may have declared a conflict of interest will remove themselves from discussions for funding for the planned transport training centre for the disabled community. [27823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of bus stops nationwide that are wheelchair accessible. [27820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs incurred by the National Transport Authority as a result of respraying Bus Éireann liveried buses and coaches to their own livery; and the breakdown for same in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [27824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement the National Transport Authority had with local authorities nationwide with regard to Part 8 redevelopments of towns and villages in order to ensure that wheelchair accessible bus stops are included in the design process. [27825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has failed to commence a competition to fill the post set aside for persons with disabilities within the National Transport Authority; and when the recruitment process will commence. [27826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that children whose carers that have been allocated a free travel pass have not themselves being allocated a free travel pass; and the estimated cost for implementing such a process. [27827/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Reports 2018 and 2019: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for attending today. In fairness, their responses have been very in-depth and thorough in respect of the tracker mortgage scandal. I must commend the office on that, because it is what it is about. Deputy Devlin mentioned the office's website. The publication of the decisions of those 1,000+ cases shows that the office is working and is going in the right direction....

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Reports 2018 and 2019: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: It is a fairly worrying that when there is no complaint mechanism, people may not be aware that they do not have a right to complain, which is very strange, particularly in this country.

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Reports 2018 and 2019: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: What is Ms McGovern's opinion on the issue relating to PCPs? Some of the major banks are bailing out of this country and leaving people behind without any certainty regarding what is happening with their mortgages. Will this be a worry in the future?

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Reports 2018 and 2019: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: It is unusual to find a lending institution that has feelings or empathy. Mr. Deering is spot on. There are implications around marriage break-ups and I am aware of suicides within families. These issues are detrimental and it is not all about hard cash. It is about making bricks and mortar a home and an environment in which a family can grow. When I was listening to the contributions,...