Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----bringing about an annual saving of €15.85 million. If the Senator does not believe me, he can check it out.

Withdrawing services and reducing the size of buses prevents children from using school transport and is a short-sighted move that feeds into the economic and social inclusion of, in particular, the working poor. Those families work long hours on low wages are already creaking under the weight of high interest rates and ever-increasing household bills.

In order that the families affected this year and the many families who are lined up to be excluded from school transport next year are taken care of, will the Leader arrange for the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, to come before the House at the earliest opportunity to discuss the report in detail?