Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47617/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2020/2021 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020.

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.

School Transport Section of my Department has no record of an application for transport for this pupil.

A child who is eligible for school transport but for whom no transport service is available may, following an application for transport within the prescribed time limits, receive a Remote Area Grant towards the cost of private transport arrangements.

The parent is advised to contact School Transport Section of my Department in regard to this case.