Budgetary pressures on Northern Ireland’s Department of Regional Development mean it needs more money to keep free travel for the over-60s in operation.
The scheme was recently extended to all over-60s, but a budget shortfall of a reported £400M has been identified over the next two years, including £5M for the concessionary travel scheme.
The department said there were no plans for service reductions in the current year, but a budget stock take was under way for 2009-11, including the cost of maintaining Translink’s current budget at a time of increased costs.
It said no decisions had been taken on increased budget bids, and contingency plans were being developed, but cuts would be a last resort.
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