Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority
9:30 am
Ms Anne Graham:
As the Deputy knows, these rules cannot always be applied in the fairest way. We do our best to be fair to the industry and to give it an indication of what is happening. When the extension was put in place in terms of the age, we very clearly said that it was only for a temporary period and indicated that it was going to be reduced then year on year to recover back to the ten years and will happen, I think, up to 2025-26. It also depends on when an individual joined the industry. As the Deputy knows, there are different rules. From an external perspective, it does not seem to be the fairest, but they are the regulations-----