Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the decision to remove a school transport facility for first year students from the Kildimo, Clarina, Ballybrown Raheen and Mungret areas to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reversed. [25611/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of the post-primary school transport scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport is he or she resides 4.8 km or more from his or her local post-primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which he or she lives. In addition, an eligible pupil may be allowed the concession of transport, known as catchment boundary transport, to a centre other than her or his local centre, provided there is room on the bus to that centre after all eligible pupils have been catered for. Pupils from the areas referred to by the Deputy who reside within the Limerick city catchment area may apply for catchment boundary transport. The decision on the post-primary centre concerned was made following a full assessment of all relevant factors and there is no proposal to reverse it.

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 1272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider introducing a greater degree of flexibility in regard to the rules governing qualification for school transport, particularly with a view to facilitating pupils who live marginally outside the relevant catchment area and especially when there is spare capacity on the buses in question; if, in this regard, she will give consideration to the problems created for parents in the Islandeady area of County Mayo who have children attending the technical school in Castlebar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25689/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A report on the case referred to by the Deputy has been requested from the relevant transport liaison officer. When the report is received and considered my Department will advise the Deputy of the position.