Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Committee on Transport
National Transport Authority: Engagement
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
It was a Government policy decision to introduce the 20% fare reduction and it was introduced for the public subsidised services only. There was a second initiative. On a policy basis it was not provided for the commercial bus operators but what was provided was a 50% student and youth fare reduction allowed in the public service obligation, PSO, services. That was extended to cover commercial operators for whoever wanted to participate in that scheme. We have a large number of operators who operate on that 50% reduction for people under 25. The 50% one was provided to the commercial operators but the overall the 20% one was not.
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