Seanad debates

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Adjournment Matters

School Transport Provision

5:25 pm

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response, but it is entirely unsatisfactory. It is an abdication of responsibility to claim this is a matter for Bus Éireann. The fact is that the spirit of the legislation and the Department's own criteria are not being followed in this case. Going around the country engaging in a literal interpretation of every rule will mean rural communities are unnecessarily decimated. Surely common sense and scheduling can achieve the required savings, while also ensuring rural communities are not further damaged because of a shortage of school transport, as they have been by the closure of Garda stations and countless other cutbacks in recent years.

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