Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid to CIE in 2004 to run the school transport system; the way in which this amount is calculated; if it is calculated per child or per mile; and if she will provide details of same. [29708/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The amount allocated to Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department, in the 2004 calendar year was €94.6 million. The expenditure is calculated under several headings including driver costs, running costs, road tax, payments to contractors, wages, insurance, claims and so forth. Receipts from fare paying passengers are also taken into account.