To ask the Minister for Regional Development to detail the groups that his Department has consulted with on transport provision for disabled and older people.

Over the past year, my Department has consulted with the following groups on transport provision for disabled and older people.

Action Mental Health – New Horizons

Action on Hearing Loss (formerly Royal National Institute for Deaf people);

Age Friendly Belfast

Barnardos

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Belfast Education and Library Board

Community Transport Association

Consumer Council

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Department of Education

Disability Action

Epilepsy Northern Ireland

Federation of Passenger Transport

Greater Belfast Seniors’ Forum

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Health and Social Care Board

Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee (IMTAC)

Junction Club.

MENCAP

National Autistic Society

North Eastern Education and Library Board

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service

Private Bus Operators

Royal National Institute for the Blind

Rural Community Transport Partnerships

The Cedar Foundation

Rural Community Transport Partnerships

South Eastern Education and Library Board

Southern Education and Library Board

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Translink

Western Education and Library Board

Western Health and Social Care Trust

The Department also consults regularly with the Inclusive Mobility Transport Advisory Committee (IMTAC), whose role is to advise Government departments in Northern Ireland on issues that affect the mobility of older people and disabled people.