Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Every Deputy is aware that there are real difficulties in school transport, particularly outside the Dublin area, where that service is not available. There are exemptions, but there are also problems where people do not fit in with a particular system. The Minister for Education is doing a lot of work on that. I recently made the point to her that Local Link services could connect in or have a potential role in helping to co-ordinate that. That may already apply in Cavan. One of the things we need to start considering, in the context of school transport and transport for the health service, is connecting in the strength we have in the Local Link system. That might be one of the ways of starting to get more choice and variation. I will ask the Minister for Education to look specifically at the case in Kilnaleck in order to see if something can be done.

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