Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education

9:30 am

Ms Bernie McNally:

On the funding issue, which it is important, there has been a significant increase in the number of children travelling on buses and that has warranted extra costs.

Regarding the question on the over-70s, this is a policy of Bus Éireann’s. We constantly bring it up with the company, but it tells us that it is based on evidence. There is-----