Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee not to withdraw free travel passes for old age pensioners in Budget 2013 and future budgets, in view of their importance in everyday life in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39826/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Revised Estimates for my Department in 2012 provides for expenditure of €77 million on the free travel scheme. The appropriate level of overall expenditure for my Department in the years ahead, including expenditure on the free travel scheme, will be considered by the Government in the context of Budget 2013 and subsequent Budgets.