BARRY KENNY,
Madam, - In response to Andrew Martin's comments on rail and bus fares (December 5th), the fares he refers to - yearly and monthly "short hop" tickets - are discounted promotional fares, changes in which are not subject to Ministerial approval.
Fares for approval by the Minister were single and return fares on Intercity, increased by 9 per cent and rounded up or down to the nearest 50 cent.
There was also an average increase of 9 per cent on DART and commuter single and return fares, biased in favour of lower increases on return fares to encourage the use of return and season tickets. - Yours, etc.,
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BARRY KENNY,
Manager, Media
and Public Relations,
Iarnród Éireann,
Connolly Station,
Dublin 1.