Mr. Hugh Creegan:

Approximately 14,000 JAM cards and downloads - it is also on an app - have been provided. Obviously, Covid has reduced its use completely and we will have to wait until normality returns to see how much it will be used in practice.

The travel assistance programme is a wonderful programme that is beneficial for many people. It is being deployed to assist people with the roll-out of the new BusConnects network. The first element of the BusConnects service will be rolled out at the end of this month. The travel assistance scheme either has reached or is reaching out to the people it is aware of to provide them with assistance with the changes and to guide them through the change process. Additional personnel, whom we are funding, have been bolted onto the existing team to provide the resources to provide that service.

I hope I have covered the Senator's queries.