Free Travel companion pass

LegacyUser

does anyone know the criteria for these?i have been awarded DA firstly on mental grounds secondly on physical grounds. I have not yet received a FTP and am wondering is anyone here in the know. I have tried contacting the welfare but they aren't replying to emails and the phone keeps ringing out when I try ringing.


Thanks

DD

Turnipman

Dublin Dave 2018 wrote: »

does anyone know the criteria for these?i have been awarded DA firstly on mental grounds secondly on physical grounds. I have not yet received a FTP and am wondering is anyone here in the know. I have tried contacting the welfare but they aren't replying to emails and the phone keeps ringing out when I try ringing.

Thanks

DD

The FTP is included on the Public Services Card.

Do you have a Public Service Card? Because if so, then it should be automatically re-issued to you with the FTP stamp included.

If you haven't already got a PSC then you need to make an appointment with your local social welfare office to be issued with one so you can get the FTP.

Stanford

To my knowledge you can only get free travel for a companion if your doctor certifies that you cannot travel alone on medical grounds

Stanford

Free Travel Passholders aged under 66:

You are getting Disability Allowance or Invalidity Pension or Disablement Pension and Incapacity Supplement and are medically assessed as unfit to travel alone,

were previously getting Disability Allowance,
or
You are blind or severely visually impaired and you:

are getting a Blind Pension,
or
satisfy the blindness condition for the Blind Pension,
or
are registered as a blind person with either the National Council for the Blind of Ireland or the National League of the Blind of Ireland,

You are getting one of the qualifying payments listed above and you are certified by either the Irish Wheelchair Association or by your GP as being a permanent wheelchair user,
You are getting full-time care and attention from someone who is getting Carer's Allowance from this Department. To qualify for a companion pass based on this condition, you must be entitled to a Free Travel Pass in your own right.

Gatling

Stanford wrote: »

To my knowledge you can only get free travel for a companion if your doctor certifies that you cannot travel alone on medical grounds

They could go the spouse route usually easier

wifey28

you can get a spousal pass by simply applying for it with a public services card if you dont already have the new one. Or by sending off a form ,theres an application form for it on the welfare site.

You can only get a companion pass if you have been assessed as unfit to travel alone

splinter65

As above, if you haven’t already got a public services card then you’ll have to apply for one.
If you have one it will issue to you again this time with free travel on it.
If you have a spouse then it should say FT+S so your spouse can travel with you.
If you want a FT+C (companion being anyone over 16) then as long as you have a public services card then you can complete this
https://www.welfare.ie/en/pdf/Under70CompanionPass.pdf

Nomis21

I was signed off by my doctor as not able to travel alone but welfare asked for more medical information. I suffer from vertigo. Twice I sent more information to Sligo and twice I was turned down.

splinter65

Nomis21 wrote: »

I was signed off by my doctor as not able to travel alone but welfare asked for more medical information. I suffer from vertigo. Twice I sent more information to Sligo and twice I was turned down.

Yes it’s very very hard to get it