Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures used by his Department to ensure that money spent on school transport is used solely for this purpose. [46684/13]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Bus Éireann, which operates school transport services on behalf of my Department, maintains a separate account for the School Transport Scheme. This account is audited each year by independent auditors and accounts in respect of the last number of years are available on my Department's website.

Regular contact is maintained between Department and Bus Éireann school transport staff in the operation of the school transport scheme and the ongoing monitoring of expenditure profiles.