People with disabilities are ‘left on the side of the road’

SINN Féin Spokesperson for Transport Imelda Munster TD (right) has urged the government to commit to improving public transport for people with disabilities, in order to put an end to the ongoing discrimination experienced by disabled passengers.

She was speaking during a Sinn Féin Private Members bill which called on the government to to undertake the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities so that no longer will people with disabilities be denied access to the key mechanism for address and redress of the denial of their rights.

“At my constituency clinics in Louth and East Meath I regularly deal with cases where people are left at the side of the road, or on platforms, because transport providers let them down. It’s humiliating for the people involved, but it’s the state and the NTA who should be ashamed of themselves”.