Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2018
254. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 9 October 2018, when a school transport service will be provided for a person (details supplied); when contact will be made with the family as they have received no correspondence from Bus Éireann regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49148/18]
View answerSchool transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.
In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of almost €190 million in 2017.
School Transport Section has reviewed the background to this case and has requested Bus Éireann to issue a school transport ticket to the pupil in question.
