Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reinstate school transport for children attending a school (details supplied) in County Kildare due to an increase in the number of children who are attending same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25180/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Bus Éireann has confirmed that the provision of school transport to the school referred to by the Deputy was withdrawn in 2002 as no eligible pupils were offering for transport. In the event that an application is received in the future, it will be considered subject to the prescribed terms and conditions of my Department's school transport scheme.

In relation to the specific family referred to by the Deputy, Bus Éireann has confirmed that the two pupils concerned have progressed to post-primary level and are currently in receipt of transport.