Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am very concerned by the comments the Minister made in his opening statement. He stated: "Government will review how best to ensure a sustainable funding model for the free travel scheme." I spoke directly with the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar, last week and received absolute clarification from him that there would be no changes to the free travel scheme. Can the Minister, Deputy Ross, confirm to the committee that there are no changes planned for the free travel scheme?
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