Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot make any commitments in advance of the budget and will not be able to until 8 October. However, it sounds like a good and fair idea that the free travel pass be extended to those 700 people. There may be more to it than meets the eye, but I will certainly have the Ministers, Deputies Regina Doherty and Finian McGrath examine it to see whether it can be done.

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