Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2017
131. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if children who are to move from an Irish-speaking national school to a secondary school taught through Irish are entitled to school transport when their nearest secondary school is an English language school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6234/17]
View answerSchool transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.
Currently in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million km annually.
In general, under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for school transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kilometres from and are attending their nearest Gaelcholáiste.
Families wishing to avail of school transport should apply on Bus Éireann's website at www.buseireann.ie.
