Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 March 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
10:00 am
Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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That is correct. The primary issue is that a policy is still in place that is ageist, whereby a driver aged over 70 is not allowed to drive a school bus, but the same driver can rock up with a private contractor, take on the same number of students and bring them off to Spain or somewhere for a week. It is causing untold hardship in every area. We need an explanation for why that policy is still in place.