Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 November 2016
84. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the findings of the school transport review group will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36464/16]
View answerSchool transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.
Currently in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, are being 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.
As committed to in the Programme for Government, a review of the concessionary charges and rules element of the School Transport Scheme has been undertaken and is being considered.
The Review will be made available to the cross party working group established to feed into the review.
