Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

It is welcome that Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus plan to spend more than €16 million on new buses. However, it is a disgrace that none of these buses will be wheelchair accessible, even though the supplier can provide accessible vehicles. Given that 70% of New York's public transport system is wheelchair accessible, it is ridiculous that we are not buying wheelchair accessible buses. I ask the Minister for Transport to ensure that all buses purchased are wheelchair accessible.

Comhairle is spending between €1 million and €1.5 million on updating its image and designing a new logo. At a time when so many cutbacks are being made to social welfare spending, it is immoral that a body working with social welfare recipients should spend up to €1.5 million on a logo. The Minister for Social and Family Affairs should stop this project immediately and give the money to social welfare recipients who need it.