Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the moneys to be expended on school transport for 2005; the number of passengers to be carried on the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2951/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A total of €116.5 million has been provided in the 2005 Abridged Estimates Volume for school transport which is a 6% increase in the outturn for 2004. It is estimated that between 138,000 and 140,000 pupils will be carried each day on school transport services in 2005.

The cost of improved transport services for children with special needs, including grants was estimated at 30% of the overall allocation for school transport in 2004. Children with special needs now account for about 6% of the overall number of pupils carried.