[IrelandVIPNews] Re: FREE TRAVEL PASS
- From: Rosaleen Dempsey <rdempsey79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:25:34 +0100 (BST)
Hi Tom
You are right. An all-Ireland travel pass is long overdue. We're all part of
the EU after all. I have one main grievance with the Northern SmartPass. If you
are registered blind you get free travel but if you are registered partially
sighted you have to pay half-price. This is crazy since you are unable to drive
either way. It isn't set to change anytime soon either as far as I know.
Rosaleen
"O'Neill, Tom" <toneill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi
A few small observations
1. Agree that our address on it can be a mistake but on the other hand if
like myself you lost your pass someone picked it up and posted it to me.
Thank you kind Sir-Madam
2. As I represent guide dog owners on Irish Rail's disability users group no
mention ever has been made of an All Ireland Travel pass. Next meeting 29th
of June and I will raise the matter and Joe Bollard who represents NCBI on
this group please remind me to do this.
3. There are no plans by Dept of Social Community and Family Affairs to
update the current travel pass due to the "huge cost involved" their words
not mine.
Tom
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Sent: 19 June 2006 10:19
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Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: FREE TRAVEL PASS
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Morning All.
The thing that really worries me about the travel passes in the South is
that both of them (the Companion Travel Pass and the Dublin Bus Pass)
have our addresses printed on them. This could be very dangerous if we
lose the passes. Basically it means that anyone who might pick these up
if we drop them knows that a visually impaired person lives at the
address printed on the pass. This leaves us open to all sorts of
problems if the passes fall into the wrong hands. That really does
worry me a lot.
The travel pass in the North does not have the person's address printed
on it. It has the address of the Smart Pass Office so that if it gets
lost, there are no contact details of the person to whom it belongs
written on it.
I do think this is serious and it is leaving us open to all sorts of
risk.
Ulla
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From: Kealy, Nicky [mailto:Nicky.Kealy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 June 2006 10:06
To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Re: FREE TRAVEL PASS
Hi Robbie. as you have already heard some companies don't accept them
as they have not signed up to the scheme yet. I don't know if they are
compelled to either. Just out of interest, do you know the name of the
company? There are not that many private opporaters in the Dublin area
are there?
Just on a slightly different thread, I have seen travel passes from the
north and they are much better than our ones here. They are much
smaller and fit in a wallet. I can't understand why that can't be done
here. Also, they are much stricter up there about you presenting your
pass for inspection and if ya don't have one ya have to pay. I do
believe that we are going to have a 32 county pass for all within the
next year or so.
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[mailto:irelandvipnews-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandberg,
Robert
Sent: 19 June 2006 09:32
To: irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] FREE TRAVEL PASS
Hi folks!
First of all appologies to the VICS list I sent this to by
mistake.
Can anyone tell me where I can read up on the legal status of
the travel pass?
Especially who is compelled to accept it and who isn't.
I have one, not the blue bus pass, but the one that's valid for
country-wide public transport.
This morning the driver of my bus to work said he could not
accept the pass and that I would have to pay him.
I have to say that it is a private bus company, but I was under
the impression that the pass covered those too.
He then said that they were not public transport. I would
dispute that, because privately owned they may be, but they still
transport members of the public. After all, anyone can use that bus. You
don't have to have a membership card to get on it. Hence in my oppinion
they provide public transport.
Please let me know if I'm wrong about this, or where I can find
legal information.
Cheers,
Robbie
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