Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Reading between the lines, what she is saying to me in plain English is that, while she hopes it will not happen, it may be that the advice is that school transport should continue to operate at 50%. If that is the case, there will be 13,000 students left on the sides of our roads from the beginning of September because the capacity is not there while services are operating at 50%.

What was the additional cost for the current academic year of operating the public health measures to reduce capacity on the school transport service? How many buses achieved the 50% capacity requirement? Finally, how many parents availed of the €5.10 a day alternative transport arrangements? If the Minister does not have those figures available, I ask that she provide them to me later.

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