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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)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: But the Minister does not know what he promised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: This is part of the reason we are having this hearing. There was a requirement on us from the European Union on accessibility. How is the Department responding to that? It will not only be this committee, but the Department, engaging with the European Union. What is the Minister telling them and what timelines is he working to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Did they provide the Minister with a timeline? What engagement is there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: That information would be quite useful for the committee in preparing its report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: What about trains? Are they included as a category?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Can the Minister provide some detail about what is required? There must be some sort of audit about what is required on rail. This morning we were told about a pilot project that was carried out approximately ten years ago, during which a retrofitting aspect was deemed to be too expensive. Perhaps the Minister could find provide information on this for the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. We heard of it this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I do not, but the Minister's officials might be able to find it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: A couple of questions have not been answered yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: No-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is actually happening in Donegal, but Tipperary is the worst served county. Dublin is the best served. One can see that urban centres have a different profile, and I understand that. However, people with disabilities are spread throughout the country and there are very big differences in availability. I am not saying that there is an easy solution to this, but I wish to draw attention...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The point is that there are 160,000 people living in Tipperary and there are 30 accessible taxis. A comparable county, also of rural make-up, is Donegal. It has a population of 158,000 and 33 such taxis. There is a sizeable difference in people's experience depending on where they live. This is not a comparison between an urban and a rural environment. It is comparing like with like. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Some of the questions were answered as the Minister replied to other people. The NTA addressed the issue of the local authorities but we have to look at that, particularly as some councils are better than others.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 23 January 2018, the number of treatment abroad scheme payments issued by year since the inception of the scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a company (details supplied) can conduct and issue an exit review in a client's absence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a JobPath provider obtains a level of information on a person (details supplied); her views on whether it is appropriate for such information to be stored on a JobPath provider's database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6261/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (7 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if private companies and-or bodies are permitted to accept the public services card as a form of identification in the context of section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6153/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I do not think that anyone disputes that broadband is essential to all parts of the country. My own area is very good in parts and terrible in others. I live in an area that is very good, and we are lucky, but I have spoken to people who have considered moving house because their service is so bad. Working at home or running a business is impossible for people in that case. In a digital...