Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Regarding Traveller children in, for example, Balbriggan, they have been spread out and living in a variety of rented accommodation from which they can walk to school but the local authority has provided group housing for their families and placed them in a remote area to which there is no bus service. There ought to be school transport for those children. The nearest school is full and cannot take them. This group of children needs support to get them to school because in many cases the parents may not have regular transport available and the children's start and end times are staggered across early years and primary levels. These children should be prioritised in those special circumstances where the local authority has placed them away from the schools to which they could walk. Can a special case be made for that situation?