Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

It is a very serious issue because an advertisement on all the television stations recently has been referring to the fact that we are getting new carriages and so on. It ends with the words "some journey". On many occasions there is no dining car on the Westport to Dublin line, which means there is no wheelchair accessible carriage on the train. As a result, people in wheelchairs must remain in the passageway. It is not good enough in this day and age to have people in wheelchairs lining up in the corridors and passageways of trains. I ask the Leader to arrange for a debate on the issue because, as the advertisement states, it certainly is some journey for the unfortunate wheelchair users.