asked the Minister for Education if she will consider designating the Glanmire area of County Cork as an educationally deprived area since there is no second-level school in the area and children have to be transported to schools in other areas of Cork city and county; and if she will make special funds available for transporting the children of the Glanmire/Riverstown area to second-level schools some distance from them.
Written Answers. - Designation of County Cork Area.
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The question of designating the Glanmire area to County Cork as an educationally deprived area does not arise.
The Riverstown and Glanmire areas are with the Cork City post-primary catchment area. Consequently post-primary pupils from these areas are entitled to transport facilities subject to the general regulations governing the school transport scheme. This scheme operates on a national basis, therefore, there can be no question of providing special funds for transporting pupils from the Glanmire/Riverstown area.