Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the extension of a morning school bus route (details supplied) in County Kerry which will incur no additional cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46880/13]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Bus Éireann operates the school transport services on behalf of my Department.

Primary school transport routes are planned so that, as far as possible, no eligible child will have more than 2.4 kilometres to travel to or from a pick-up point.

Home pick-ups were never envisaged as being part of the School Transport Scheme. Bus Éireann has also confirmed that an extension to the current service will incur additional cost.