Dáil debates
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
12:50 pm
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Today at noon the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, announced the preliminary review of the steering group on the Department's review of the school transport scheme. It is hugely significant in the context of John the Baptist Community School in Hospital, County Limerick. For the forthcoming year, it will facilitate students who are attending their second nearest school to be able to avail of school transport as a concessionary. That is to be very much welcomed.
It is going into the rural areas of Ballyneety, Knockea, Ballybricken, Caherconlish and Fedamore in east County Limerick, which will make an enormous difference to these people. I have been working with the parents and the school on this for a long number of years. They have this peculiarity where their nearest school is measured from the general post office, GPO, in Limerick city but their main nearest school is their local school, namely, John the Baptist Community School.
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