Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport refund will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38975/17]

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 2016/17 school year almost 116,000 children, including some 12,000 children with special educational needs, were 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 has advised that the payment in question will be refunded in the next few days.