Joanne Collins (Sinn Fein)

I have spoken to a lot of people and a lot have said that it need not be extra times but rather if capacity could be built. It could be double-decker buses instead of single-decker buses. You would get more people on at that time. It seems to be there is a squeeze at certain times in the area. My second question is about school transport, and I do not know if this is the appropriate group to bring it up with. There are obviously a few issues around capacity and there is the rural issue and the lack of routes. However, I have had so many people call me, who are bus drivers themselves. I had one man cry down the phone to me on a Thursday because he turned 70 on Thursday, and on Friday he could not drive the bus. Is that the witnesses' rule? I can never seem to get down to the nooks and cranny of where this rule came from, that at 70 they have to retire. Is that a Bus Éireann rule, an NTA rule or a Department rule?