Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the transport issue, as I have said, it is not without its difficulties and issues, hence we are involved in an entire review of the transport system. As I outlined, it my intention that an interim report would be published prior to the return to school in September. It is our intention that, as far as possible, children who are eligible, and who have paid on time and met the criteria, as has always been the case, will be provided with a place, but it is necessary also to streamline the provision of the service. I recognise there are individual cases. The Deputy and her colleagues have highlighted to me many of the individual cases where families or individuals have fallen or will fall through the net in accessing a school transport place. It is for those reasons we are keen to complete this report and to make provision for school transport as accessible and open to everybody as possible as we go forward.