Over 60s will still get free bus and train fares but new applicants must pay an application fee.
Application fees are to be introduced for people aged over 60 when they apply for a Translink Smartpass for the first time, a Stormont minister has said.
Mr O'Dowd said he was bringing in application fees in order to "protect concessionary fares" in a difficult budgetary situation.The department has confirmed that application fees "will not apply to disability-related SmartPasses"., which asked if Translink's concessionary travel rules should be changed, curtailed or extended.
"Years of underfunding and austerity by the British government mean these are challenging times for all departments, and Infrastructure is no different," he added.
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