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School Transport Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Ceisteanna (684)

Billy Kelleher

Ceist:

684. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a value-for-money review on school transport found that Bus Éireann's costs are 21% higher than the equivalent costs of the private school bus contractors, per mile on large buses for school routes, when the inspection costs are excluded, and approximately 19% higher when the inspection costs are included; and the total miles travelled by Bus Éireann's large buses and by equivalent private bus operators' buses of the same size, in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form. [6522/16]

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The specific figures referred to by the Deputy are contained in the Report of the Value for Money Review of the School Transport Scheme. The full report is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie Bus Éireann has advised that the approximate mileage for the large bus cohort only, rounded to the nearest half million kilometres, is as follows:

Mileage

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2024

2015

Bus Éireann

13.0

13.0

11.5

12.0

12.0

11.5

11.5

10.5

Contractor

15.5

15.0

15.0

15.5

15.5

17.0

13.5

14.0

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