Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

——or with the fact that, from time to time, a woman may be involved in completely wrong sexual conduct with an under age boy, or that men may have completely inappropriate conduct towards young boys. We all know that. We live in the 21st century and must legislate for it. To me, the views expressed by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform are profoundly libertarian. They do not necessarily reflect the kind of views I would have expected from Fianna Fáil.

I want to raise a local matter I have raised several times before. Bus Éireann uses taxi drivers to provide school transport for special needs children. Those taxi drivers employed by Bus Éireann are not subject to any vetting. The children are on their own in taxis.

I have another issue to raise with the Minister of State. Mr. A could be driving a taxi tomorrow while Mr. B and Mr. C could be driving school buses next week. I hope the Minister understands that people feel very vulnerable as a consequence of what has emerged.

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