Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will contact Bus Éireann in order to grant approval for travelling facilities, including wheelchair access, for a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [33708/15]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs children are eligible for transport where they are attending the nearest recognised: mainstream school, special class/special school or a unit, that is or can be resourced, to meet their special educational needs.

In this case, the child in question is not attending the nearest school that is resourced to meet his special educational needs and is therefore not eligible for school transport.

Generally, children who are not eligible for school transport may apply for transport on a concessionary basis only subject to a number of terms and conditions which are detailed in the Scheme. However, Bus Éireann has advised that there is no suitable service that the child in question can avail of on a concessionary basis.