Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Catchment boundaries have provided and continue to provide a useful tool in facilitating the orderly planning of school provision and accommodation needs and the operation of the national school transport service. Last year, a problem arose regarding a catchment boundary line on a map retained in the office of the transport liaison officer for County Wexford. The matter concerned was addressed and acted upon promptly. The Department of Education and Science has been assured by the transport liaison officer that she is satisfied that the catchment boundary maps displayed on the Wexford VEC website are the same as the Department's maps and those utilised by Bus Éireann.

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