Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extension to a school bus route (details supplied) is under consideration; if so, when an outcome is likely to be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10019/19]

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

The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school.

There are currently over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres annually.

Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes. Bus Éireann has advised that they are carrying out a route risk assessment and calibrated measurement of the route referred to by the Deputy.