Department of Transport have a scheduling problem in Kildare - Daly

The holding of an information meeting on Transport 21 by the Department of Transport during the working day is being criticised by Fine Gael General Election Candidate for Kildare South, Cllr Richard Daly

“The Department of Transport is showing how out of touch it is with the plight of commuters when it has scheduled an information meeting for stakeholders on Transport 21 for Thur 22n March at 11 am in Naas.

Does the Minister not realise that commuters are the most affected by the developments of the plan but will all be at work at that time. Among the Minister’s advisors surely there must have been one person who realised that a commuter is a person who leaves home in the morning and does not return until usually late in the evening.

Rail commuter groups have lobbied hard and have represented the views of hard pressed colleagues throughout the length and breadth of the county. They are the ones whose livelihood and lifestyle are most altered by the implementation of Transport 21 yet they are the ones who have been ignored in the timing of this information campaign.

I have been attending some of the meetings held by Rail User Groups and feel that they are the ones who should be targeted by the Department of Transport in delivery of this information” said Cllr Daly