Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is important. One of the services that does stop is provision of a Leap card. For example, a family living in emergency accommodation in Swords whose children go to school in Clondalkin receive a Leap card but only during term time. There was a real problem during the summer. Naturally, during the summer the family in the example given would want to travel to Clondalkin to be with those in their support networks and the friends of their children, but they would have to bear the cost in doing so. It would be a small consideration and I ask Mr. Kelly to raise the issue with Tusla. It would not add an awful lot to the bill to add the extra three or four months and it would make a huge difference to the families in question. I have written to Tusla about it and have to say the replies to parliamentary questions have not been very encouraging. I cannot see why a valuable support such as this is provided during school time but not outside it.