Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the Minister of State responsible for school transport will meet with parents of students affected by her Department's decision to withdraw free school transport from students in the Urris area of Clonmany in County Donegal to travel to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will reconsider the decision to withdraw free school transport and to use Mamore Gap to calculate the shortest route; her Department's up-to-date position on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30159/15]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that I recently met with a representation of parents from the area in question.

The terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme were fully explained and I undertook to provide additional information on a number of issues raised at this meeting.

However, I must again emphasise the importance of ensuring that the terms of the school transport scheme are applied equitably on a national basis.