Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister, Deputy Bruton, for that. I am moving on to subhead A9 on school transport. I refer to school transport for children with special needs to bring them to the place that best suits them. I am dealing with a situation which I suggest is probably not atypical. A child with an intellectual disability has been assigned to a particular school but has not been given transport. There is a bus bringing a neighbouring child with an intellectual disability to the same school. There are spaces on that bus. However, there was a cut-off date for when children could access this particular transport. The parent has to drive the child to the school every day and, essentially, follow the bus. It does not make sense. I have put in a parliamentary question. It is not in my constituency but it is something I have been following. I will write to the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, about it. It does not make sense, particularly when there are places on the bus. Someone is being denied a place just because there was a cut-off date.