Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service will be provided for a person (details supplied). [38699/18]

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

In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of almost €190 million in 2017.

Bus Éireann has advised that the family in question did not submit their payment details for the 2018/19 school year on time and the service is now operating to capacity.

The terms of the School Transport Schemes are applied equitably on a national basis.

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service will be provided for a person (details supplied). [38700/18]

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

In the 2017/18 school year over 117,000 children, including over 12,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 4,500 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually at a total cost of almost €190 million in 2017.

Bus Éireann has advised that they have no record of an application for school transport from the child referenced in the details supplied. The family is advised to liaise with their local Bus Éireann office should they wish to make enquiries.