Seán Fleming
Question:180. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28329/16]
View answerTuesday, 4 October 2016
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Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes on behalf of my Department. Bus Éireann endeavours, within available resources, to ensure that each eligible child has a reasonable level of school transport service in the context of the Scheme nationally.
Routes are planned so that, as far as possible, no eligible child will have more than 3.2 kilometres to travel to a pick-up point. Children are generally expected to make their own way, or to be brought to convenient pick-up points along the main route.
Bus Éireann has advised that eligible children who avail of the service in question have a service within the guidelines of the scheme and the requested extension would involve additional mileage and earlier collection times for other children on the service.
Accordingly, there are no proposals to change the current service.