Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the regulations governing the free travel scheme with a view to granting free travel to children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35127/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The free travel scheme is available to all people living in the State aged 66 years or over, to all carers in receipt of carer's allowance and to carers of people in receipt of constant attendance or prescribed relative's allowance.

It is also available to people under age 66 who are in receipt of certain disability type welfare payments, such as disability allowance, invalidity pension and blind person's pension.

Further extensions to the free travel scheme could only be considered in a budgetary context and taking account of the financial and other needs of those not covered by the existing arrangements.