Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extra bus will be provided to bring students from Clarina, Mungret and Raheen, County Limerick, to a college (details supplied), in view of a commitment given by her Department in 2001 that the [i]status quo[/i] would prevail until the catchment boundaries were revised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25741/05]

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 his or her 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.