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
|