Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On page 47 of its programme, the Government states that there were will be no closure of small schools across the country. I am concerned about school transport and the system called the "nearest school rule".

It has a negative impact, particularly on children in rural areas who cannot attend schools in their parishes. As a result of that and many other changes that were made under the value-for-money school transport review in 2010, the nearest school rule, charging and-----

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