Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements available for a person of a minority faith (details supplied) wishing to send their child to their nearest selected faith school which is more than 15 kilometres away. [30785/12]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department, has advised that it has no record of an application for school transport from the family referred to by the Deputy. In general, school transport eligibility is determined by reference to the distance children reside from their nearest primary/post primary school having regard to ethos and language. In relation to school transport provision, ethos relates to religious ethos and is in the context of provision for minority religions. The family in question should contact their local Bus Éireann office regarding school transport for the 2012/13 school year.