Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 24 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport

Mr. Dermot O'Leary:

I referred to face masks in my opening remarks. We have all been following the debate relating to Covid for quite a while, for obvious reasons. There was a bit of a debacle, as I said earlier. The wearing of face masks on public transport was made mandatory and there was a great deal of publicity in that regard the week before last. Compliance, by and large, has been pretty high, although legislation was not designed for the vast majority but for those people who still refuse to wear face coverings. I know that the Deputy did not mean to stir up any negative emotions from me, but it is not the role of a bus driver to enforce compliance with the law-----

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