Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite the approval of funding for school transport for a child (details supplied) with special needs, Bus Éireann is unable to provide transport for the chilid. [37765/18]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.

In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of almost €190 million in 2017.

Bus Éireann has advised that as the service referred to by the Deputy was a new service it was put out to tender for the 2018/19 school year and transport arrangements are currently being finalised.