Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I instinctively agree with the Deputy. I know this causes a lot of issues in many constituencies and counties, including my own, where there is someone who is willing and able to drive the bus but is told that, because of an arbitrary age on his or her birth certificate, he or she cannot drive the bus. It is offensive to those individuals and is problematic for our constituents who are trying to get their children to school.

In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Foley, she has done a major overhaul of school transport. It will take a number of years to implement, but it will start this September. One of the issues she was going to examine specifically was engagement with Bus Éireann as to the rationale behind the policy and whether there were reasons that we did not fully comprehend. I will ask the Minister to revert to the Deputy on that matter.

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