Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2016
318. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school pupils who avail of the school transport scheme in County Kildare and the cost of providing this in each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10459/16]
View answerBus Éireann has advised that it is not possible to breakdown the costs for post primary children availing of school transport in Co. Kildare as double runs are a feature of the Scheme.
Bus Éireann has also advised that at the end of the school year the numbers of tickets issued for the post primary children in question was as follows: 2011, 1,948; 2012, 2,023; 2013, 2,174; and 2014, 2,352.
The number of tickets issued for the current year is 2,756 but this number cannot be finalised until the end of the school year.
