School Transport
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-08
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Aindrias Moynihan (FF), Cork North-West

Focusing on the specific point again, what kinds of changes are being prioritised for each year? It is reasonable that not everything would be done in one go and the process would be phased in. What kind of changes are being proposed for phase 1 and each of the subsequent phases? Will the Minister give an outline in this regard? In communities where people are making applications now, in fast-growing communities such as in Cloughduv, for example, a large number of applicants will want to go to secondary school in Ballincollig and not necessarily to Coachford, where Bus Éireann's current scheme would be sending them, or perhaps to Bandon. Can those communities reasonably expect a new scheme to be in place for their students in September? The time is very tight. Will the Minister set out a list of the priorities to be able to do that? I refer to trying to get an understanding of what those priorities are.

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Sitting date: 2025-04-08