Debate contribution: Public, Community and Medical Transport Sectors

Debate contribution by Ms Claire Sugden on 10 December 2024.

MLA: Ms Claire Sugden
Party at the time: Independent
Date: 10 December 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Public, Community and Medical Transport Sectors
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4715745

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Thank you, Minister, for your response. I am pleased to hear that you are working with other Departments to try to coordinate a transport approach. I encourage you to look in particular at the impact on rural areas. It can take up to an hour to get from Coleraine to Castlerock on a public transport bus, whereas it takes 10 minutes in a car. If community transport can take customers to the bus stop, there are ways that we can do that better. Are there any more conversations that we can have about medical transport? I know that a lot of people are paying privately for that service, and the cost is quite significant.

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 1306/22-27.

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