John Brady
Question:446. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the July provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44906/20]
View answerWednesday, 13 January 2021
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School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 113,100 children, including over 14,500 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020.
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.
With regard to transport arrangements for the Summer Programme, my Department committed to providing grant funding to support families with the cost of transport arrangements for those children who were eligible for school transport and who were approved to participate in the school based Summer Programme.
School Transport Section has commenced processing payment of these grants to families who are eligible and payments will continue to be processed in the coming weeks. Payment to the family referred to by the Deputy will be made in the coming weeks.