Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of empty seats on school transport buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14997/16]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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Currently, some 22,000 spare seats on school transport services have been allocated on a concessionary basis to children who are not eligible for school transport.

Bus Éireann advise that in addition to these there are other spare seats on services but the actual overall number is not readily available.