Post primary school transport routes are planned so that, as far as possible, no eligible pupil will have more than three miles to travel to a pick-up point. Pupils living off the main route of service are generally expected to make their own way to convenient pick-up points along the main route.
The pupil to whom the Deputy refers resides 1.4 miles from the route of the existing service. As this is considered to be a reasonable level of service in the overall context of the scheme, I regret that it would not be open to my Department to extend the service as requested.