Members of the public had their say on proposals to raise the age at which people qualify for free public transport after a consultation was launched by deptinfra
Proposed changes to free bus and rail travel are "cruel and inhumane", a public meeting has heard.
Views are also being sought on extending eligibility for free travel to disabled people who currently only quality for half-price fairs.Among those at the meeting was Dympna McGlade, who uses buses to travel for voluntary work.Dympna McGlade said taking the right for women to retire at 60 in 1995 and now the threat to raise the free public-transport eligibility age was a "double whammy"
"I think it's really cruel to attack the most vulnerable in society. This myth of the rich pensioner that doesn't need public transport and it's a waste of money - it's nonsense, I believe. I've yet to meet a rich pensioner.Image caption,"My mother is elderly. If you take the example: the local banks have closed down so, older people would have to get a bus into town to get to the bank - they don't use online banking and all those modern ideas.
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