It has been agreed between my Department and CIE that all peak travel time restrictions for free travel customers will be removed with effect from 25 September 2006 at an annual cost of some €1.15 million. The free travel scheme permits circa 600,000 recipients to travel free on a range of transport services.
The value of a free travel pass to an individual customer depends on usage and may vary from customer to customer. For accounting purposes within my Department, the average value of a free travel pass is calculated using the total number of recipients and the overall cost of the scheme in the individual year. Based on this method of calculation the average values of a free travel pass since 2002 are as follows:
Year
|
Average Value of Free Travel Pass
|
|
€
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2002
|
76.00
|
2003
|
76.00
|
2004
|
89.10
|
2005
|
87.50
|
2006
|
92.33
|