Ned O'Keeffe
Question:132 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if she will have arrangements made to have a more suitable pick-up point for children travelling to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [5631/97]
Written Answers. - School Transport.
The children in question live 2.8 miles from their nearest national school and 0.8 miles from the pick-up point of a school transport service.
As a rule primary school transport routes are planned so that no eligible child will have more than 1.5 miles to travel to a pick-up point. Pupils living off the main route of a service are generally expected to make their own way, or to be brought to convenient pick-up points along the main route.
This is considered to be a reasonable and adequate level of service in the context of the general operation of the school transport scheme. Accordingly, the present arrangement is the most that can be offered.