Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of privately purchased school coaches in use. [6906/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has no role in respect of the purchase of school buses. My Department does, however, licence professional bus operators. Applicants who meet the EU criteria for access to the profession of good repute, financial standing and professional competence are issued with a road passenger transport operator's licence. There are currently some 1,800 licences held. I am not in position to say how many of these operators engage in private school transport arrangements. This is a matter for the day-to-day operations of each business.