Clare Older People's Rep Describes RSA Stance On Cashless Payments As Insult To Older People

A Clare Active Retirement member has described the Road Safety Authority's stance on cash payments as an insult to older people. It comes as the RSA has this week announced that it will be not be changing its cashless payment's policy at NDLS centres until further guidance is "provided from government." Although the service offers free licence renewals for drivers aged over 70, data from Census 2022 shows that approximately 1,422 people in the 65-69 age bracket in Clare are living alone. Quin man Eugene Phillips, who’s Active Retirement Ireland's first Digital Ambassador, believes this group will be disproportionately affected.