Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it will be possible to provide a school bus to take a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to school. [7317/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of the primary school transport scheme, children are eligible, subject to conditions, for free transport to their nearest national school or school of amalgamation. Pupils not attending their nearest national school may, subject to conditions, avail of concessionary fare-paying transport to another school, subject to spare accommodation being available on the bus and provided that no extra State cost is incurred by extending or re-routing the service. In this case the child referred to by the Deputy is not attending her nearest national school and is availing of concessionary fare-paying transport. The present service is the most that can be offered as additional costs would be incurred by extending the service.