Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 23 October 2007 she will re-consider the circumstances outlined in the details provided. [26960/07]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Bus Éireann operates school transport services on behalf of my Department. Where it is not possible to provide a reasonable level of service to meet the educational needs of a pupil, my Department may consider an application for a grant towards the cost of organising private transport. My Department is satisfied, in this instance, that a reasonable level of service was provided for the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied and, therefore, the question of a grant payment does not arise.

The Deputy will appreciate that it is a matter for Bus Éireann to plan school bus routes and co-ordinate services in an efficient and cost-effective manner.