All Council buildings be made wheelchair accessible.
Urgent need for a more accessible train to Westport and Ballina.
Abolition of inappropriately, haphazard placing of street furniture.
Abolition of high kerbs.
The provision of properly maintained and properly dished footpaths.
The provision of reserved car parking facilities located at points considered by people with disabilities to be the most suitable to their needs.
The provision of accessible toilet facilities.
All fire exits should be accessible by people with disabilities.
Access to public telephones and A.T.M. machines by people with disabilities.
The prohibition of parking on pavements and disabled parking bays should be rigorously enforced.
All public buildings to be accessible. These include churches, public offices, libraries, business premises, banks, post offices and Garda stations.
Enforcement of the building regulations Section M by building control authority.
Access for disabled people is not just about providing ramps for the wheelchair bound into public buildings. It includes the elimination of hindrances against the aged, pregnant mothers, mothers with prams and go-cars, people with respiratory and heart conditions, the visually impaired and people who are temporarily disabled as a result of accidents.
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