Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Everybody was in support of this particular move. We all see that it is an action related to the cost of living but it is also to make sure that more people use public transport. It continues the conversation we had earlier.

We had got a response from the NTA previously on this. Again, we would like it to move as quickly as possible on 16-, 17- and 18-year-olds being able to avail of the Leap card. Does this mean they will get the exact same as a 19-year-old would get, from a financial point of view, from the young adult card? Beyond that, there is an anomaly here in that this Leap card is only available to people in third level education. I assume people aged 16, 17 and 18 who are working or in apprenticeships cannot avail of it. Is that something we will also look at?

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