Written answers
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Department of Defence
Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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465. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel by rank attached to the Defence Forces equitation school; the number of vacancies by rank in the equitation school; and when each of the vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [39272/22]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below details the requested strength and vacancies, by rank, for the Army Equitation School, on 12thJuly 2022.
| Rank | Lt Col | Comdt | Captain | Lt | CS | CQ | Sgt | Cpl | Pte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
General Service recruitment is ongoing. Additionally the 2022 Army Cadetship competition resulted in 51 applications for the Equitation School and these are being progressed.
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications in Mayo for school transport each year since 2016, including the 2022-2023 academic year; the number of school transport places provided since 2016; the estimated number that will be provided for the 2022-2023 academic year, in tabular form. [39373/22]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The cost in 2021 was over €289m.
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.
As requested by the Deputy, the table below outlines the number of applications for mainstream transport in Mayo for school transport each year from 2017/18 to 2021/22 and the number of mainstream school transport places provided each year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
It is not possible to provide these figures for the 2022/23 school year as the school transport portal is still open and applications are still being received. The data requested prior to the 2017/2018 school year was collated in a different format, it is therefore, not possible to provide this information.
| School Year | Number of Mainstream Applications (Including rollover applications) | Number of Tickets Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 5792 | 4796 |
| 2018/19 | 5815 | 4755 |
| 2019/20 | 5758 | 4752 |
| 2020/21 | 5765 | 4276 |
| 2021/22 | 5856 | 4574 |
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