Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise again the issue of school bus drivers. Drivers and bus companies are on to me constantly. They are completely exasperated about the age limit that applies to school bus drivers. Under a recent change, people can hold a driver licence up to the age of 75 years without a medical report. School bus drivers are pensioners in the vast majority of cases. Driving a school bus part-time is excellent for their mental health and financially. They can drive a tourist bus from Donegal to Cork but they cannot drive a school bus a couple of kilometres around their own homes. Before next August and the season when we get into trouble over having buses on school routes, I urge Bus Éireann to revisit its decision and remove this anomaly. We fully accept that bus drivers should have a medical check to determine competence at six-month intervals but surely this rule has to be revisited.

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