Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangement she will put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo so they will not have to travel by school bus for two hours and 30 minutes per day. [23446/07]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of the Post Primary School Transport Scheme, a pupil is eligible for school transport if s/he lives 4.8 kilometres or more from the post-primary centre in the catchment area in which s/he resides. The Transport Liaison Officer (TLO) for County Sligo has advised that the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied is eligible for school transport and is availing of a Bus Éireann public scheduled bus service to and from school. My Department has been further informed by the TLO that the combined travel and waiting times for the pupil in question are within the general guidelines of the School Transport Scheme. In the circumstances, it is not proposed to put in place alternative arrangements.