Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The €46 million for school transport under cost-of-living measures was announced before the budget. At the time of the budget, the Minister indicated she had received clearance from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for additional funding for buses where students who previously had a concessionary place on which they had come to rely did not secure a place in September last. Does the Minister have a sense of how much that will cost? How many additional places have been announced since the budget under that scheme?