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Sectoral Plan of the Minister for Transport (Section 34)

The Disability Act, 2005 requires the Minister for Transport to prepare a sectoral plan to contain (in addition to the general requirements in section 31) information concerning-

1. a programme of projected measures for the provision of access to persons with disabilities to passenger transport services for the general public provided by the Minister or by a public body in relation to which the Minister performs functions or by a person or body licensed or regulated by the Minister
2. measures to be taken for the purpose of facilitating access by persons with disabilities to such services and the time within which such measures are to be taken
3. arrangements proposed to be put in place by the Minister and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to facilitate access to the vehicles providing the passenger transport services by such persons from the public road, and
4. Any other matter which the Minister considers appropriate

("passenger transport service" does not include an air service within the meaning of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1965, or a service provided by a person who operates a train service or railway infrastructure of historic or touristic interest.)