Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school bus inspector refuses to allow pupils attending their parish school to travel on the school bus as their house is located 200 meters outside the catchment area (details supplied) [27488/12]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school, having regard to ethos and language.

Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport schemes on behalf of my Department, has advised that they are not aware of the issue referred to by the Deputy and that all eligible children attending the school in question have a service within guidelines.

If the Deputy wishes to provide more detailed information I will request Bus Éireann to investigate further.