Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of wheelchair accessible buses run by Bus Éireann that are attached to routes that service County Kildare; the number of proposed new buses to deal with such routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14223/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The deployment of buses is a matter for Bus Éireann but I am informed by the company that it is their intention to have wheelchair accessible vehicles on all commuter routes within Co. Kildare by the end of next year, amounting to approximately 35 vehicles.

The approach being taken to the provision of wheelchair accessible coaches is outlined in 'Transport Access for All', my Department's Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005, a copy of which is in the Oireachtas Library.