Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)

I want Mr. Kent to check it as it is a very serious matter.

Another issue is that for all the summer we were trying to get a bus run going for children in the Headford–Barraduff area. There were only nine children but ten are needed. Lo and behold, around the last week of August we found a tenth child, but we were then told we would have to wait until next year. One of the older children will probably be gone next year. We are left behind.

I thank the people operating the bus services in Kerry, including Tralee, and Limerick. They are doing their very best but I want these issues sorted out. That is what I am up here for, and that is what I am asking about this morning, along with my question on the 70-year-old rule. That rule is not fair; it is ageist. People are living longer and are healthier, and that has to be recognised.