Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39934/19]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department.  In the 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over €200m in 2018.

The Bus Éireann audited accounts are available on my Department's website for the years 2006 onwards and they contain the information sought by the Deputy in regard to costs of the school transport scheme.

Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39935/19]

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 2018/2019 school year over 117,500 children, including over 13,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over €200m in 2018.

The Department has not made misleading statements in regard to the matter referred to by the Deputy and accordingly the question of correcting records does not arise.