John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children from the west Waterford area being transported to schools (details supplied); the cost involved in transportation; if there are plans to provide these facilities in Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been informed by Bus Éireann that 28 children from the west Waterford area are being transported to the schools referred to in the details supplied. My Department is not in a position to release the cost of transport for these children as the information is regarded as commercially sensitive.

As the Deputy may be aware, the first school mentioned in the details supplied is a school for pupils with a mild general learning disability and the second school is for pupils with a moderate learning disability. There is a special school in Dungarvan catering for pupils with a mild general learning disability. My Department has no record of any proposals for a school for the moderately disabled in Dungarvan. Any proposals that are submitted to my Department will be considered

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals to increase the charge to parents of transporting primary and post-primary children to school; the increased proposed; when it will come into effect; the proportion of the increase which will be passed on to the private contractors who operate the routes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13106/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans to introduce new charges for pupils attending primary schools or to increase charges for pupils attending post-primary schools.