Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008
1856 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for travel expenses to travel to national school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30701/08]
View answerUnder the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest suitable national school as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. The position in this case is that the child referred to by the Deputy is not attending his nearest national school and therefore is not eligible for school transport. It is open to pupils who are not attending their nearest school to apply for concessionary transport to the school which they are attending. Concessionary transport is offered subject to a number of terms and conditions, including the availability of spare seating on an existing service. The parents of the pupil referred to by the Deputy should liaise with their local Bus Éireann office to establish whether their child may avail of fare-paying transport on the foregoing terms.
