asked the Minister for Education if he is aware that 14 pupils in the Burnfort and Knuttery areas near Mallow, County Cork, have to travel up to 3½ miles to meet the bus serving their post-primary comprehensive centre in Mallow; and if he will provide a proper transport service for these pupils.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Cork School Transport.
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The post-primary transport scheme has been organised on the basis that pupils will not have more than three miles to travel, either to school or to a pick-up point on a school bus route. I am advised that only three of the pupils from the areas referred to by the Deputy live over three miles from a bus route to Mallow.
Revised transport routes for the coming school year are at present being drawn up. It is hoped, in the revision, to provide a fully satisfactory service for the Burnfort and Knuttery areas.