Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
255 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason appropriate school transport is not being provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8753/04]
View answerTo be eligible for school transport under the primary school transport scheme, a pupil must be residing two miles or more from his or her nearest national school. My Department has been informed by Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport service on my Department's behalf, that the pupil referred to in the details supplied is residing 1.7 miles from his nearest national school which is referred to in the details supplied. The pupil is, therefore, not eligible for free school transport.
The pupil may avail of concessionary fare paying transport to his nearest national school, subject to no extra State cost being incurred by way of extending or altering the route of service and on condition that spare seats exists after all children fully eligible for school transport have been accommodated.
