Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide for all people with a disability in its sectoral plan. [5341/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Accessibility improvements to public transport services are being advanced in the context of Transport Access for All, my Department’s Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005. The Plan sets out a series of policy objectives and targets for accessible public transport across all modes and significant progress has already been achieved. The Plan is premised on the principle that through accessibility improvements to the public transport system for people with disabilities, access for all people will be improved.

This is being done as extensively as possible having regard to the availability of resources. However, it is inevitable that some people, because of the severity or nature of their disabilities, will not be able to travel on public transport services (or may not be able to do so at all times). In these cases, specialised transport services provided by specialist agencies may be the most appropriate form of transport.