elacsaplau
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And anything else to note....
She needs to check which card she has as there are 3 categories of free travel:Her spouse can also travel free with her even if that person is under pension age.
Previously it was valid at off peak times only, then some government changed it so that they could get more grey votes.
This means premium seats are effectively subsidised by fare payers.
Or just get rid of it.It should revert back to off peak travel only and this would kill off talk about getting rid of it.
Or just get rid of it.
They are more likely to get lost if they use itThat's very flippant you obviously don't require the service. Many older people living in rural Ireland would be lost without it.
purple, you are aware that approx 50% of the population survive sorely on the State pension for their income.
It's great perk to have but I don't know how long more the country can sustain it especially now with reduced capacity in all trains and busses.
Will you not get a medical card?And speaking of retirement, I am that person and I hope to have my travel pass in a few months and I am looking forward to it.
It will be the only free anything that I am entitled to.
Welll... are they cohabiting but taxed as individuals? Do they have rental income? Do they have savings or shares? Are they sitting on hundreds of thousands they could release by trading down? Sure, many of them have to live off one of the most generous pensions in the world (along with their free travel, fuel allowance, living alone package, household benefits package, mobility allowance etc) but most are doing just fine. As a cohort they are the richest group in society who have the most savings, the highest disposable income and are least at risk of living in poverty. I like to see welfare going to those who need it, like that small minority of pensioners.purple, you are aware that approx 50% of the population survive solely on the State pension for their income. They not all rich.
So di the generation in their 40's and the generation in their 20's will never be able to have the homes or pensions of those who are now retired. Every generation works hard, let's stop the myth that pensioners had is harder than anyone else.They the generation who went through the tough times earning a pittance here and abroad in years gone by.
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