Mr. Brendan Crowley:

Most people would have bought their annual taxsaver ticket at the end of last year. Under the scheme to reduce fares by 20% announced by the Minister and launched by the NTA, people who already bought their tickets in late 2021 for 2022 would get an extension of three months into 2022 so that those who had already paid for their tickets would not lose out. That means it will be March 2023 before many people face the choice of using company A or company B. They may have used company A for many years but now company B is many hundreds of euro cheaper per annum.