Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy regarding age limits for driving a school bus for Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36873/11]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department has confirmed that a bus driver must be a minimum of twenty-one years to hold a licence to drive a bus by law. When recruiting bus drivers Bus Éireann also normally requires the applicant to have a minimum of at least two years driving experience. The upper age limit for driving a school bus for Bus Éireann is currently seventy years, subject to being passed fit by the CIE Chief Medical Officer following a medical examination that takes place on an annual basis after school bus drivers under contract to Bus Éireann reach the age of sixty-five years.