Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann
1:30 pm
Mr. Barry Kenny:
It would be variable, basically depending on demand for the train. We are not going to have a very large number of giveaway fares on an extremely busy train.
One factor is that with the Exchequer funding, all fares reduced by 20% in May 2022 and have remained at that level, with the young adult fare going down by 50%. There are very few service industries where we can say in most cases people are paying less than they were ten years ago. We see that with customers. People see the greater value for money that has arisen from that as well.
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