Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 October 2007
385 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria and guidelines her Department has to ensure that children disembark at their designated drop off points; if each driver of a school bus has a listing of the children and their respective embarking and disembarking points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22392/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has been advised by Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme on its behalf, that all school bus tickets, both primary and post-primary, have the pick-up and set-down point clearly shown on them. Pupils are expected to disembark at their designated drop-off points as printed on their tickets. Parents/guardians also have a responsibility to ensure that their children arrive at, and are collected from, these pick-up and set-down points at the appropriate times.
It is not the general practice to provide school bus drivers operating within the Scheme with a listing of the pupils and their respective embarking and disembarking points.
