Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2019
206. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for the school transport scheme on the route from Drogheda, County Louth to a school (details supplied) over the past five years; and the number of applications refused school transport on the route over the past five years. [44314/19]
View answerSchool Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over €200m in 2018.
Bus Éireann has confirmed that the detail requested by the Deputy is as set out in the following table.
|
School Year |
No. of applicants (Including rollover applicants) |
No. of pupils that did not receive a ticket |
No. of eligible pupils that did not receive a ticket (due to late payment) |
No. of concessionary pupils that did not receive a ticket |
|
2019/20 |
82 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
2018/19 |
78 |
23 |
1 |
22 |
|
2017/18 |
81 |
36 |
1 |
35 |
|
2016/17 |
74 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
|
2015/16 |
60 |
39 |
1 |
38 |
