Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding school transport for a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/17]

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

Currently over 115,000 children, including almost 12,000 children with special educational needs, are being transported in over 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually.

Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme, has advised that the family in question applied for school transport on the 16th January 2017 and were incorrectly categorized as ineligible for school transport.

Bus Éireann will be in with contact the family to discuss school transport arrangements.