Paul McGrath
Question:191 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if a review on the transport to the secondary school at Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, will be carried out in view of the fact some pupils in the Streamstown area are collected by the school bus at 7.30 a.m. and arrive at school at 8.00 a.m. and those same students are not collected from the school until 4.20 p.m. each evening; his views on whether this necessitates too long a day for those pupils; if his attention has been drawn to the anxiety of parents of those children who, during the winter and spring period, are on narrow roads during darkness; his views on this situation; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that these students may not be supervised for long periods and that numerous accidents and incidents have occurred as a result of the early arrival at school and the late departure; and the proposals, if any, to improve this situation. [22333/98]