Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 2 October 2014 if her officials have reviewed the application of a person (details supplied) regarding transport education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4155/15]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Officials in my Department have reviewed the application for school transport for the child in question.

They are satisfied that this child is not eligible for school transport, under the terms of the Post Primary School Transport Scheme, as she is not attending her nearest Gaelcholáiste.

Furthermore, under the terms of my Department's Remote Area Boarding Grant scheme, provision is made for the payment of grants in respect of children whose normal place of residence is outside the range of public transport services to a school providing suitable free second-level education; I understand the family are in receipt of the maximum rate of this grant.

Only those children, who meet the eligibility criteria for school transport, are considered for grant assistance towards the cost of transport.