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Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Public Transport

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for a free travel pass in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2020 and 2021. [36619/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The free travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as Luas and services provided by over 80 private transport operators.

Below shows the number of recipient's of Free Travel in counties Longford and Westmeath at the end of 2020 and 2021.

2021 2020
Longford 10,512 9,714
Westmeath 20,432 19,010

Data on the number of applications received on a county by county basis is not readily available.

I hope this clarifies the issue.

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