Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient public transport links to effectively service the feeder area for a school (details supplied) in an environmentally sustainable manner; if transport will be provided for children from the feeder area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/14]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. Children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from, and are attending, their nearest Gaelscoil. In general, transport services are not established in areas where public scheduled bus services already exist. In such cases children who are eligible for school transport are facilitated with travel permits for public scheduled services. The closing date for receipt of applications for the 2014/15 school year is Friday 25 April; applications received will be assessed by Bus Éireann in accordance with the terms of the scheme.