Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
722. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children from Ukraine currently living in Mullingar, County Westmeath who are availing of school transport and to which school, in tabular form. [13262/23]
View answerThe School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country.
In addition, school transport scheme services are being provided in the current school year for over 3,800 children who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine.
The total cost of the scheme in 2022 was €338.9m.
Due to the risk of disclosing information on individuals, school-level data on the enrolment and transport of Ukrainian pupils living in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath cannot be provided.
However Bus Éireann have confirmed that there are 15 pupils in total from Ukraine currently living in Mullingar Co. Westmeath and availing of school transport.
