Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to acknowledge the work done on occasions when I have had issues in relation to school transport in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim. However, there are still a couple of outstanding areas. I know of one or two cases where the first child and second child in a family are going to a certain school but then the third child is being prohibited from doing so because of the distances that have been mentioned. That is unfair. The first two children are allowed on the bus yet subsequent family members are not. Can that be reviewed?

A case relating to a school which is the same distance from Tubbercurry as it is from Ballymote is being dealt with. I attended a meeting with my Oireachtas colleagues to consider why the pupils cannot attend either one or the other? The option should be left open to them in relation to school transport. It is a very emotive issue in the constituency, particularly in the area of Bunnanaddan in County Sligo.