Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for financial support to enable them to provide transport between the two schools in order to ferry students to and from each school in order to avail of the widest possible subject choice in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3436/13]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language.

Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of my Department, is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes. Bus Éireann endeavours, within available resources, to ensure that each eligible child has a reasonable level of school transport service.