Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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107. To ask the Minister for Health if acceptance of the free travel pass on all LocalLink services will be granted in view of HSE charges of €4 a day being introduced on elderly and disability service users accessing public transport to and from day services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these charges were introduced by the HSE in recent days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16870/19]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Local Link are the Transport Coordination Units appointed by the National Transport Authority to deliver all rural public transport in each area and as such, both it and matters relating to the Free Travel Pass  come under the remit of the Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Employment Affairs and Social Protection 

Having regard to the €4 transport charge introduced recently in counties within the HSE Community Healthcare Organization 1 area, as this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.