Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to recent discussions, if her Department will review its post-primary school transport policy in respect of a community (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13679/15]

Damien English (Meath West, 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, determine eligibility by measuring the shortest traversable route from a child's home to the relevant education centre.

The terms of the Post Primary School Transport Scheme are applied equitably on a national basis and it would not be appropriate for me to allow exceptions to these terms.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to recent discussions, if her Department will review its primary school transport policy in respect of a community (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13680/15]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school 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, determine eligibility by measuring the shortest traversable route from a child's home to the relevant national school.

The terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme are applied equitably on a national basis and it would not be appropriate for me to allow exceptions to these terms.