Vol. 451 No. 8
179 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will have arrangements made to investigate the reason the school bus is not utilising the area provided by the urban district council for the collection of children from Rice College, Westport, County Mayo, in view of the fact that the current arrangement of collecting the children on the main road is dangerous and is causing inconvenience to the residents who are mainly elderly people. [7622/95]
Neither my Department nor Bus Éireann, which acts as agent for my Department, is aware of any area having been provided by the urban district council for the collection of children from Rice College, Westport.
Discussions were held between the school authorities, the Garda Síochána and CIE authorities a number of years ago, at which time the most suitable set-down and pick-up points were determined. These points have been used ever since and are regarded as the safest available.
