Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 May 2014
216. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of routes, the total number of children carried and the cost per child carried for primary and post-primary schools; the total revenue of Bus Éireann and the percentage increase or decrease year on year from 2004 to date under the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/14]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Some 6,000 routes annually; Number of Vehicles (The majority of mainstream vehicles and some SEN vehicles operate 2 or more routes) |
Total number of children transported (including concessionary) |
*Primary: Cost per child week (based on eligible only including SEN pupils) € |
*Post Primary: Cost per child week (based on eligible only) € |
Revenue; Total net chargeable by BE to DES €m |
Revenue: Parental Charges €m |
Total combined net amount chargeable and parental charges €m |
% increase/ decrease |
|
2004 |
2922 |
136,000 |
29.44 6.26 |
17.26 11.93 |
94,558 |
6,317 |
100,875 |
|
|
2005 |
3164 |
136,000 |
33.14 6.41 |
19.27 12.11 |
105,983 |
6,611 |
112,594 |
11.6% |
|
2006 |
3474 |
134,000 |
39.32 6.15 |
23.59 12.68 |
128,084 |
6,634 |
134,718 |
19.6% |
|
2007 |
3741 |
136,000 |
44.22 7.13 |
26.04 12.83 |
146,152 |
6,626 |
152,778 |
13.4% |
|
2008 |
3820 |
135,000 |
49.33 7.42 |
28.78 13.88 |
162,024 |
8,751 |
170,775 |
11.8% |
|
2009 |
3830 |
125,000 |
49.92 7.74 |
31.3 15.73 |
159,369 |
11,628 |
170,997 |
0.1% |
|
2010 |
3874 |
121,000 |
48.35 7.71 |
29.15 16.42 |
154,026 |
11,651 |
165,677 |
-3.1% |
|
2011 |
3806 |
123,000 |
52.28 9.51 |
29.15 16.55 |
151,804 |
11,486 |
163,290 |
-1.4% |
|
2012 |
3854 |
113,000 |
56.87 17.36 |
30.71 16.78 |
149,477 |
12,570 |
162,047 |
-0.8% |
|
2013 |
3888 |
115,000 |
58.86 14.80 |
31.85 18.53 |
149,825 |
12,772 |
162,597 |
0.3% |
