Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-21
============================================================

Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I thank the Deputy. I have been trying to get to the bottom of this for more than a year now. I have not received a straight answer or an adequate explanation. It would appear to be a Bus Éireann or CIÉ rule rather than a Government rule because we allow people to drive lorries into their 70s. People can be Members of this House into their 70s or 80s. It is not about age; it is about someone's physical or mental capacity. I agree that a workable solution might be an annual check of some sort, as the Deputy mentioned. I think it may be a Bus Éireann rule that is tied in some ways to industrial relations agreements, pensions and so on. I am trying to get to the bottom of it.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-02-21/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:42+00:00
Sitting date: 2024-02-21