Written answers
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Department of Education and Skills
School Transport Data
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for the school transport scheme on route from Drogheda, County Louth to a school (details supplied) over the past five years; and the number of applications refused school transport on the route over the past five years. [44314/19]
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.
Bus Éireann has confirmed that the detail requested by the Deputy is as set out in the following table.
| School Year | No. of applicants (Including rollover applicants) | No. of pupils that did not receive a ticket | No. of eligible pupils that did not receive a ticket (due to late payment) | No. of concessionary pupils that did not receive a ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018/19 | 78 | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| 2017/18 | 81 | 36 | 1 | 35 |
| 2016/17 | 74 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2015/16 | 60 | 39 | 1 | 38 |
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