Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. O'Connor for that comment. I again wish to express the difficulties those people are having. Each child or adult's case is specific to his or her family. I hope they can return to some kind of normality in the weeks ahead.

My second question relates to school transport. I am interested in hearing from the parents' groups. There are a number of villages in my constituency in which children are currently without a bus service. Watergrasshill, where 46 children are without a service, is one such village. There are a further 13 children in Glenville and a half a dozen in Carrignavar. In Whitechurch, near Blarney, another 14 children are without a bus service since yesterday.

I noted that, in response to our guests' surveys, many people have expressed satisfaction with the return to school and have been fairly complimentary, albeit there has been some criticism of the school transport system. I wonder what the interactions between members of the National Parents Council and CIÉ or Bus Éireann have been like. Will they make a comment on the overall issue of school transport?