Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
440. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report on how his Department has determined that Quin Village, County Clare is closer to Ennis than to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25487/16]
View answerThe purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In general, children are eligible for school transport if they meet the distance criterion and are attending their nearest school. Distance eligibility is determined by Bus Éireann by measuring the shortest traversable route from the child's home to the relevant school; this may be either a pedestrian or vehicular route. Bus Éireann has confirmed that Ennis Post Primary Centre is the nearest education centre to the children who have applied for school transport from Quin Village. The terms of the School Transport Scheme are applied equitably on a national basis.
