Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1833. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the process of examining transport service provision for young persons with a disability as outlined in the programme for a partnership Government. [26063/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Programme for Government commitment that the Deputy refers to is set out in Section 7 - Improving the lives of people with disabilities and it is as follows:'We will examine transport service provision for young people with disabilities to ensure that the service is fit for purpose, consistent with their needs.'

This commitment does not relate to public transport services; I understand that this commitment refers to transport in the health services context and is being progressed by the Department of Health.

In relation to accessibility of public transport services which falls under my Deprtment's remit, the Deputy will be aware that accessibility improvements are being advanced in the context of my Department's Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005, Transport Access for All. The Plan promotes universal accessibility of public transport services and I refer the Deputy to my response to Question no 56 on 14 June for details of the measures being implemented to improve accessibility of public transport services.

Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1834. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is currently working towards the next sectoral plan for accessible transport; if so, when he plans to have it published; and the progress achieved to date since the last plan was published. [26064/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​Transport Access for All, my Department's Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005, was published in 2012 following an extensive consultative process with all stakeholders.  This Plan remains in force and continues to guide Departmental policy in improving accessibility to public transport.  My Department continues to monitor progress on achieving the actions in the Sectoral Plan.  Significant progress has been made on these actions, including the provision of Real Time Passenger Information for public transport services in the regional cities and Dublin, the Dublin Bus fleet achieving 100% accessibility, and 80% of the Bus Eireann coach fleet now being made accessible to wheelchair users.