Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2020
475. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education when a July provision school transport grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25287/20]
View answerSchool Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department.
In the 2019/2020 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 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 €219m in 2019.
The 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.
Officials in School Transport Section of my Department are liaising with the school authority to get the relevant documentation with confirmation of attendance details in order to make a payment in respect of the transport costs incurred by the family in privately transporting the child referred to by the Deputy for Summer Provision 2020.
