Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last July, I warned the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, who is not here at the moment, of the impending chaos in the school transport system throughout the country. Sadly, that has happened as a result of the deliberate cuts in concessional seats on schools buses. I welcome the Minister of State's decision to bring together an all-party committee to deal with some of the issues that have arisen during the year. I ask the Tánaiste to use her good office to ensure such issues are dealt with as soon as possible. I am aware of children who are entitled to tickets but have lost their seats on school buses and had their tickets given to concessional students because their parents were six days late making the €650 payments.

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