Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a remote area grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24347/15]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, a child who is eligible for school transport but for whom no transport service is available may, following an application for transport within the prescribed time limits, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of private transport arrangements.

Bus Éireann, which operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the Department, has advised that the family, in question, was late in applying for school transport for the 2014/15 school year.

However, if there is no change in their circumstances the family will be eligible for the Remote Area Grant from the commencement of the 2015/16 school year.

More detailed information on the Remote Area Grant is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie.