Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) in County Clare are not facilitated with school transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15696/07]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for transport if s/he resides 4.8 kilometres or more from her/his local post primary education centre, that is, the centre serving the catchment area in which s/he lives.

Pupils who are eligible for transport to the education centre in the catchment area in which they reside may avail of 'catchment boundary' transport to an education centre in another catchment area provided spare seats are available on the school bus.

The Transport Liaison Officer for County Clare has advised my Department that the pupils referred to in the details supplied are eligible for catchment boundary transport but the service is currently operating to capacity.