{"id":19870,"date":"2022-10-31T22:15:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T22:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=19870"},"modified":"2024-01-22T21:16:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:16:50","slug":"free-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/free-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/free-travel\/#General_Qualification\" title=\"General Qualification\">General Qualification<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/free-travel\/#Survivor_60_Years\" title=\"Survivor 60+ Years\">Survivor 60+ Years<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/free-travel\/#Services_Covered\" title=\"Services Covered\">Services Covered<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/free-travel\/#Free_Travel_Companion\" title=\"Free Travel Companion\">Free Travel Companion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/free-travel\/#Blind_Persons\" title=\"Blind Persons\">Blind Persons<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"General_Qualification\"><\/span>General Qualification<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Free travel is available for persons over 66 years of age.\u00a0 This is also available to incapacitated persons under 66 years who live in the State.\u00a0 It permits the use of public transport and a large number of private bus and ferry services free of charge.\u00a0 A spouse of a co-habitant may also travel.<\/p>\n<p>Qualification is based on living permanently in the State being over 66 years or being under 66 years and in receipt of invalidity, blind pension or disability allowance, carer\u2019s allowance Social Security and Invalidity payments for at least 12 months from another EU state, workman\u2019s compensation or disablement benefit.<\/p>\n<p>A person may qualify for free travel if he lives in HSE approved residential care and was previously obtaining Disability Allowance or would satisfy medical conditions for disability allowance or is the specified carer for a person getting constant attendance allowance or prescribed relative allowance.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Survivor_60_Years\"><\/span>Survivor 60+ Years<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A widow, a widower or \u00a0civil partner aged 60 to 65 years of a late spouse or civil partner who held a free travel pass may be entitled to a single free travel pass in his or her own right.\u00a0 To qualify he must have been permanently living with a late spouse or civil partner and must be getting one of the following benefits and satisfy other conditions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>widows or widowers contributory or non-contributory pension<\/li>\n<li>state pension transition<\/li>\n<li>one parent family payment<\/li>\n<li>widow widower civil or civil partner\u2019s pension under occupation injuries benefit scheme.<\/li>\n<li>similar social welfare scheme in the EU<\/li>\n<li>Garda Widow Pension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Services_Covered\"><\/span>Services Covered<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Free travel is allowed on scheduled road and rail services or Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann, Iarnrod Eireann, Luas and certain private bus and ferry services.\u00a0 Nitelink and special Dublin airport service is excluded.\u00a0 Iarnrod Eireann includes Dart, Mainline and Suburban services; .<\/p>\n<p>Holders of a travel pass may take cross-border journeys to Northern Ireland.\u00a0 The all-island free travel scheme gives entitlement services operating within Northern Ireland.\u00a0 A person must be supplied with a senior smart passcard.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Free_Travel_Companion\"><\/span>Free Travel Companion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A free travel companion card may be available for pass-holders who satisfy one or more of the following conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>aged 66 to 69 and medically assessed as unfit to travel alone<\/li>\n<li>age 70 and over and medically assessed as unfit to travel alone<\/li>\n<li>receiving full-time care and attention from a person receiving carer\u2019s allowance<\/li>\n<li>certified by the Irish Wheelchair Association or doctor as being a permanent wheelchair user.<\/li>\n<li>blind or severely eyesight \u00a0impaired and satisfies certain conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Persons under 66 may also be entitled to a free travel pass for a companion.\u00a0 In broad terms, he \/ she \u00a0must be<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in receipt of this disability, invalidity or disablement type pensions<\/li>\n<li>live in HSE approved residential care<\/li>\n<li>be blind or severely dight impaired<\/li>\n<li>be a permanent wheelchair user receiving fulltime care and attention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the first two cases, the person must be medically assessed as unfit to travel alone.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blind_Persons\"><\/span>Blind Persons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A visually impaired child may qualify for a free travel 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