Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 March 2010
244 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the recent report by the Citizens Information Board regarding the difficulties rural persons experience in accessing transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8486/10]
View answerThe Citizens Information Board's Report "Getting There — Transport and Access to Social Services" is well researched and surfaces issues which the Department has already identified as important in developing rural transport and in making transport accessible. In that regard it will help to inform the development of rural transport policy. The recommendations in the report also impinge on matters for which other departments and public bodies such as the Departments of Social and Family Affairs, Health and Children and Education and Science, the Revenue Commissioners and the Health Services Executive have responsibility.
245 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the dislocation suffered by the community-based in the rural areas (details supplied) of north County Dublin, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10259/10]
View answerDecisions in relation to the deployment of buses, including on the services referred to by the Deputy, are an operational matter for Bus Éireann in conjunction, in the case of PSO services, with the National Transport Authority, and not one in which I have any role.
