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School Transport Applications Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Ceisteanna (179)

Carol Nolan

Ceist:

179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who have applied for concessionary school transport for the current school year, by county; the number who were granted and refused respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42341/17]

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School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.

During the 2016-17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually.

The information requested is as follows:

Concessionary school transport for 2017-18 School Year

County

No. of Applications

No. of Tickets issued

No Seats Available

Carlow

772

624

12

Cavan

1025

750

12

Clare

720

590

0

Cork

3790

3073

104

Donegal

2238

1916

11

Dublin

441

286

3

Galway

2479

1981

32

Kerry

1515

1326

11

Kildare

1775

1274

31

Kilkenny

1383

1191

49

Laois

411

323

16

Leitrim

703

620

1

Limerick

1211

1032

10

Longford

822

696

4

Louth

756

520

0

Mayo

1387

1063

9

Meath

1856

1380

72

Monaghan

901

626

15

Offaly

1067

884

5

Roscommon

582

476

0

Sligo

672

590

1

Tipperary

1709

1410

15

Waterford

650

525

19

Westmeath

891

706

17

Wexford

2032

1640

34

Wicklow

1054

784

21

Grand Total

32842

26286

504

 

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