Written answers
Thursday, 8 December 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Legal Cases
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out all moneys paid to barristers, including items such as letter writing and court appearances, including the dates on which these payments were made, in respect of the Student Transport Scheme Limited v. Department of Education and Skills from 2012 to date in 2022, in tabular form. [61437/22]
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 last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 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 €289m in 2021.
The matters referred to by the Deputy are part of ongoing adjudication proceedings and, for that reason, the Department of Education is not in a position to provide the information requested.
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