Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a substantial response will issue to this Deputy's correspondence to her and her acknowledgement on 21 October 2010 (details supplied). [2507/11]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware from my previous reply that only pupils who reside 3.2 kilometres or more from, and are attending, their nearest national school, as determined by my Department, are eligible for free school transport. There is no provision within the School Transport Scheme for my Department to sanction either free transport or grant-aid for pupils in the circumstances outlined by the Deputy in the details supplied. The families of the pupils concerned should continue to liaise with their local Bus Éireann office should they wish to apply for concessionary fare paying school transport.