Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider sanctioning a specific professional to assist a person (details supplied). [26447/16]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.

During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools annually throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres.

The child in question is eligible for school transport under the terms of my Department's School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs. My Department also allocates funding to schools, for the employment of escorts to accompany children who are eligible for school transport and whose care and safety needs are such as to require the support of an escort.

The provision of health care services, such as nurse-provided care, is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the Department of Health.