Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 May 2020
915. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the details of road passenger transport operators that received payments in respect of the acceptance of the free travel pass on their bus services; and the list of routes for which these operators received payment for 2019. [7432/20]
View answerThe Free Travel scheme provides free travel on most CIÉ public transport services, Luas and a range of services offered by some 80 private operators in various parts of the country. There are currently 975,508 customers in receipt of Free Travel as of the end of April 2020.
The 2020 budget allocation for the Free Travel scheme is €95 million.
Attached as requested is a list of all road transport operators and routes in the Free Travel scheme.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
