Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the request for children in the Mungret, Raheen and Clarina area of County Limerick to be included in the school transport catchment area for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11479/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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For the purposes of post-primary education provision, the country is divided into catchment areas. Under the terms of the school transport scheme, a pupil is eligible for school transport if he or she resides 4.8 km or more from the post-primary centre in the catchment area in which they live.

Eligible pupils who wish to attend a post-primary centre other than their appropriate one may be allowed transport on school services from within the catchment boundary of the centre being attended, subject to there being spare accommodation available on the school transport service and provided that no additional State cost is incurred. An eligible pupil who is approved for catchment boundary transport is not guaranteed school transport for the duration of his or her education at that centre. As a concessionary measure, continued transport will depend on the availability of space on the school service to that centre each school term.

The provision of school transport to the school referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied will be considered under the terms of the scheme and in the context of the outcome of the centralised application system for enrolments for pupils in Limerick city.