School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 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 €289m in 2021.
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.
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below.
Year
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Payments
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Jan-18
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€2.9m
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Jan-19
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€3 m
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Jan-20
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€1.7m
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Jan-21
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€2.7m
|
Jan-22 to July 2022
|
€1.5m
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