Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth
School Transport Scheme: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Stephen Kent:
As Ms Heneghan outlined, if there is a capacity issue in the nearest school and a pupil has to go to another school, there is recourse to the Department. That is what we have opened up to say to the first question. That is an avenue that can be explored. Whether it meets the criterion of being the next nearest school is the question. I do not know whether the school 9 km away is the third or fourth nearest school. It might have to be clarified if that is the question.