Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills

2:35 pm

Photo of Ciarán CannonCiarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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It is down to about €155 million or €160 million per year. It costs around €1,000 per annum per child and about €6,000 for a special needs child. The charge that we are making represents only a tiny percentage of the actual real costs to the State of the transport scheme.