Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have raised this issue myself with the Minister for Education and others. It is an easy issue to raise but it will be more challenging to fulfil. I would not start from Covid; I would start from climate change. With regard to tearing up the rule book, the way we should approach school transport into the future is through the prism of climate change. The Deputy is correct that if we want people out of cars and less frequent car trips, providing more buses and getting children to school on them would make a contribution to the environment. We could also get rid of a lot of the anomalies and endless arguments about catchment areas. This is easier said than done. A review is under way. I would like it to be informed by the climate change agenda in particular. It is absolutely applicable to that.

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