Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils affected by the bus strike who have been allocated seats under the school transport scheme on normal Bus Éireann passenger buses or other Bus Éireann services affected by the strike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/17]

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

Currently almost 116,000 children, including some 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.

These children avail of school transport services provided by a mixture of private contractor vehicles and Bus Éireann dedicated school transport services.

In the region of 1,000 children who normally avail of school transport services on Bus Éireann public scheduled services are affected by the industrial action.