Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There is an urgent need for co-ordination on school transport. It is particularly sparse in rural areas and is very limited. A group of parents got together in my constituency to campaign for the introduction of a bus between Bantry and Schull Community College and there are about 35 pupils who need it. Bus Éireann has told me that the children are already covered under the concessionary scheme but there is no direct bus from Bantry to Schull for them to pay a concessionary fare on top of that. There is a clear level of demand there. Great work in recent years has been done on local links and that approach needs to be taken with regard to school buses. I ask for the provision of a school bus service between Bantry and Schull to be considered.

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