Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if provision will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable them to be collected at Caragh to continue the journey to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41245/09]

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.

As the pupil referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied resides less than 4.8 kilometres from the Post Primary centre in his own catchment area, he is not eligible for school transport. Catchment boundary transport can only be considered if the pupil is eligible for transport, in the first instance.