Q.  My widowed brother has just turned 66. He wants to travel all over Ireland, including Northern Ireland. How does he get his Free Travel Pass and can I travel with him for free as well (I am not 66 yet)?

02.07.12

If your brother is getting a social welfare pension, the Free Travel Pass will issue automatically. Otherwise he must apply by completing a Free Travel application form FT1, available from his local social welfare office or online from www.welfare.ie . He will only be eligible for a Companion Free Travel Pass (which allows a named companion to travel with him free of charge) if he is unable to travel on his own.
Unless you are his named companion, you will have to wait until you are 66 to obtain your own Free Travel Pass.

To travel in Northern Ireland free of charge on all bus and rail services he will need a Senior SmartPass card which he can get by filling in application form FTNI1. It is available from his local social welfare office. It is not available online. If he is eligible for a Companion Free Travel Pass, then that person may continue to travel with him for free on cross-border journeys but is not eligible for free travel on public transport within Northern Ireland.

Citizens Information: Buncrana 074 9363496; Carndonagh 074 9373741

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