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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Dessie Ellis: .... Communication from the driver's cab is a bit of a problem with regard to people taking up spaces. It is something I have experienced a lot. When it comes to taxis refusing to carry guide dogs or wheelchair users, I note the fines have been increased. I would love to know what impact this has had. Has it had any major impact? We spoke about train platforms on the previous occasion...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
...some delay in services. The idea is to ensure the wheelchair space is made available and its primary use is for wheelchair users. My colleague Ms Thompson might speak on taxis carrying guide dogs and the impact of the fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Ms Wendy Thompson: As Deputy Ellis said, last year we increased the fine for refusing passengers who are using wheelchairs or assistance dogs. We raised it to €250, which is the maximum we can levy under the legislation. We are also looking at the equality legislation, under which we also have a remit, and using one of our own regulations. There has been a marked difference since...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Dessie Ellis: ...transport. We are promoting public transport. A lot of people have pets and they may want to take them from A to B but we do not have a real plan when it comes to anyone getting onto a bus with a dog or something like that. I am just curious if that will be addressed in the future. I would love to know where we are with that. I bring my pet places as do other people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Mr. Ronan Murphy: Irish Rail has a clear policy that if it is a lap dog or an assistance dog-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Ms Anne Graham: With the wider services such as bus services generally it would be assistance dogs or carried-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Ms Anne Graham: While some people do bring small dogs on that will not cause any disruption to passengers it is very hard to distinguish between what would be considered a small lap dog or not. In preference, and given that many of our services are very busy services, we are currently restricted to assistance dogs and guide dogs. We are open to consider that in the future but for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Dessie Ellis: Older people especially have little dogs. It is their lifeblood.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: ...experiences he has are never from female drivers. I ask him who said X, Y or Z to him. It is wonderful because his personal assistant is from central Europe and she is a woman, and he has a dog. It is almost like a social experiment because you get a combination of sexism, misogyny, racism and all those ingredients mixed up in the negative responses. I ask what the driver looked like...