Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They prepared a long answer for the Minister telling me all sorts of things about the school transport system I have known for many years. I asked a specific question about the number of students who had not yet received a school bus ticket, the number of those who were what are termed "late eligibles", and if the Minister would make a statement on the matter. What number of applications have been received but not dealt with yet? Some late eligibles and concessionary ticket holders got tickets while others did not. Extra money was given but there seem to have been loose rules around it. I am looking for hard facts about the number who applied and have not yet received tickets and the number of those who were late eligibles, that is, they were eligible but did not get their applications in on time.

There was a problem with the reminder that was sent out to Yahoo email addresses. There was also a bit of confusion among the public because there were no fees and parents who were used to paying fees did not realise that they had to apply a second time.

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