School Transport
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-30
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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF), Cork South-Central

Among several welcome elements in the roadmap, which includes things that we had called for over time, some have raised huge questions and require significant clarification. One of the biggest is school transport. Some 120,000 children are carried every year by school transport programmes. Among any of the operators I have spoken to there is very little clarity and they have had very little communication on how that will be delivered. There is additional money but it seems to be for reconfiguration and hygiene, there does not seem to be anything in relation to capacity. Will the same number of children as a last year be carried on school transport this year? Can the Minister make that commitment?

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Sitting date: 2020-07-30