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Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Department of Education and Skills

School Transport Data

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to the school transport scheme over each of the past ten years; the total revenue generated each year in charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18521/17]

Photo of John HalliganJohn 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.

Total expenditure on the school transport scheme and revenue received from school transport charges for the past ten years are provided in the following table:

YearTotal Expenditure

€’000
Receipts from Charges

€’000
2006€159,685€6,634
2007€172,106€6,626
2008€185,725€8,751
2009€177,567€11,628
2010€181,409€11,651
2011€171,483€11,486
2012€168,464€12,570
2013€170,750€12,772
2014€172,081€13,057
2015€172,962€13,707
2016€182,188€14,000*
*Estimated – subject to audit

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