[Sean Defoe] NEW: Cabinet sub-committee has agreed to a 20% cut in all public transport fares from April for the rest of 2022. Will cost about €50m and cover Bus Éireann, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus, Go Ahead, Luas, DART and Local Link
NEW: Cabinet sub-committee has agreed to a 20% cut in all public transport fares from April for the rest of 2022. Will cost about €50m and cover Bus Éireann, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus, Go Ahead, Luas, DART and Local Link
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) February 10, 2022
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Other items:
– Energy credit increased to €200 as Government agree support package
– NEW: Government has agreed to a €125 lump sum payment for everyone in receipt of fuel allowance as part of measures to tackle cost of living. Will be paid around St Patrick’s Day
– Hospital inpatient charges for public patients – €80 per night, for those who need overnight hospital stays – will be scrapped as part of the cost-of-living package
– Drug repayment scheme will be enhanced under supports package agreed by Government this evening (threshold to fall from €100 to €80)
– LUAS is still free
How can they cut 20% off the LUAS if it’s free?
But how do you cut the Luas when it’s already free?
Smells like they are at the pre-election sweeteners.
Great news, will save a lot going to college
Be nice if they did something for those of us who have no choice but to use a car.
Where is the money coming from? The world is seeing runaway inflation because of all the magical money printing and spending of the last few years.
This adds fuel to the fire.
How am I supposed to get outraged over this?
I like the idea of the focus on public transport fares (on top of the halving of them for under 26s in the last budget). Its feels very green – to be taking the increase in fuel tax and moving it into lower public transport fares, as it creates a cost benefit to public transport. I presume the idea is that his 20% reduction becomes permanent, as they are hardly reaching next Janaury and going – ha ha suckers, up the fares go again.
So what you’re telling me is that it would cost approximately €500m a year to make all public transport free?
Ah the ‘ol “hike the price several times before you announce a cut” trick.
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20% public transport discount? Absolutely no fucking use to anyone outside of Dublin. What about people up and down the country? We need some kind of diesel/petrol discount then. Waiting…..
But about 20% of all routes get cancelled due to Anti Social behavior, and we get that for free
Roughly €10 saved every 30 bus rides with a leap card if my math is correct
Decent
If only the public transport network wasn’t a joke in this country it might mean something.
That’s cool and all. Now what about the 4 million of us that don’t use public transport at all as it’s not available in our location?
Could they not just take that 50 mil and make a decent public transit system that services the whole country? In Vancouver I spent 89 dollars a month for unlimited travel across the cities buses and underground. It’s fifty quid for a return train from limerick to Dublin last I checked.
I was hoping for slight modifications in the tax slab.
Would suit them better to cut the price of diesel and petrol. That way everyone can that doesn’t need public transportation can benefit , and transport companies can pass on the savings to customers.