Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2015
278. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the parental contribution to the school transport scheme to €75 and to €50 for primary schoolchildren; and to €300 and to €175 for secondary schoolchildren. [29351/15]
View answerReceipts from the annual charge were some €13m in 2014 of which €2.3m and €10.7m were in respect of primary and post primary children respectively.
It is important to note that children who are eligible for school transport and who hold valid medical cards (GMS Scheme) are exempt from paying the annual charge.
Notwithstanding that the numbers of children holding medical cards may change it is reasonable to estimate that a 50% reduction in the annual charge would halve the current overall contribution; other percentage reductions would impact proportionally on this figure also.
