Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am coming to points of scale of operation. It will cost a single bus operator more money than it will cost Bus Éireann which has a larger number of employees to undertake these tests.

In Norway, for example, in new trucks and buses, the driver must perform a breathalyser test when they get into it. If they fail it, it will not start. I am trying to get the Department to look into this. This mechanism will probably not cost an arm and a leg. Introducing this on a phased basis for Irish vehicles may be a resolution to this issue. Does Bus Éireann agree with a system such as that?