Comment: Bus Éireann should be careful what it wishes for
Higher payments for the free travel scheme are not the answer to Bus Éireann's financial woes, writes Fearghal O'Connor
Could extra payments from the taxpayer for thefree travel scheme really help save Bus Eireann? No is the short answer, even if some believe the figures suggest otherwise.
Last weekend theSunday Business Post reported thatBus Éireann confirmed that the company is “in talks with government, and other relevant stakeholders, to seek to address the underfunding of the free travel scheme”.
The Department of Social Protection pays Bus Éireann €11.4 million per annum for ...
