Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not disagree, but I do believe it is a matter for the Minister in that he had to negotiate with them earlier this year around the amount of funding the Department was paying. The Minister can articulate with his Cabinet colleague that there needs to be a review and that account needs to be taken of a person's ability. If a person is unable to drive, has reduced mobility and public transport is his or her only way to travel then we should support them with a free travel pass, especially when in some cases the person is of limited means. Eligibility for this free pass as currently established is that a person must be over a certain age - even if he or she has no issue with travel or has a car and never uses it - or a person must be of limited means and maybe, in some instances, not able to use the travel pass. This is an opportunity where the State could provide and make a real difference to persons who are of limited mobility if they could qualify for a travel pass, and this may form part of our report.

That is all I am saying. I ask the Minister to take it up with his colleague.