Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received any of the reports following on various investigations into the County Meath school bus crash. [27389/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I have not received any report relating to the investigations into the County Meath school bus crash.

John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has reviewed an appeal with details submitted to her on 8 September 2005 in relation to school transport for persons (details supplied); if a decision will be made in view of their extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27414/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to a daughter of the person identified in the details supplied. An application in respect of this pupil for school transport to the school referred to by the Deputy was received by my Department in October 2004. However, as she did not meet the conditions prescribed under the school transport scheme, she was deemed ineligible for free transport to this particular school. My Department advised at the time, however, that she was eligible to be considered for concessionary fare-paying transport subject to the usual conditions.

An appeal against my Department's decision was submitted in November 2004 to the independent school transport appeals board. The board considered the appeal and found that the terms of the school transport scheme had been fairly and appropriately applied in respect of the pupil concerned. The pupil's mother was advised of the outcome of the appeal on 15 December, 2004. There is no record of a subsequent appeal in this case.