School Transport

431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the following case (details supplied) and if she will instruct her Department to ensure that the child in question is able to have adequate transport to school. [73385/25]

464. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is proposed to allow persons aged 70 and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to undertake school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73610/25]

466. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date on increasing the number of drivers available for school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73613/25]

223. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the implementation of the School Transport Review, including timelines for changes to eligibility criteria. [72637/25]

224. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether capacity has been increased on school transport routes serving Longford and Westmeath for 2025/2026. [72638/25]

225. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding has been secured to expand the school transport fleet and enhance coverage under the revised transport system. [72639/25]

226. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth how the revised School Transport Review recommendations will address rural access issues in Longford and Westmeath. [72640/25]

235. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns regarding the lack of preschool transport for a child with ASD raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72762/25]

413. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the eligibility of pupils with autism to school transport, in particular, in a situation where a pupil’s school placement is unsuitable, and the pupil is required to change schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71313/25]

415. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a grant is available for a school (details supplied) to assist with wheelchair transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71322/25]

457. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available in relation to funding school transport for children in transition year attending a football academy programme in Cork (details supplied). [71776/25]

488. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme, as per the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72226/25]

519. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional school transport pilot routes have been added for the 2026-2027 school year to further expand the rollout of the scheme and to address identifiable need in hotspot areas where concessionary demand is greatest, such as students attending a school (details supplied) from the Annacurra and Aughrim area; and if she will…

145. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will conduct a review of school transport routes in rural parts of Cork county, particularly in areas such as Duhallow and Muskerry, where students continue to be left without concessionary tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69159/25]

174. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to implement the recommendation of the review on school transport to enable an additional 100,000 students to be carried on the school transport scheme by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69895/25]

188. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish the statement of account for school transport expenditure for the past number of years (details supplied) and if she will make these statements accessible again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70496/25]

191. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the eligibility criteria for the school transport scheme for primary school pupils, particularly for those living approximately 4.8 km from their nearest school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70541/25]

192. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reviewing the school transport arrangements serving schools in County Louth (details supplied); if she will examine the feasibility of a coordinated transport system to reduce congestion and emissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70542/25]

381. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider lifting the complete ban on persons over 70 providing school transport under the free school transport scheme, and allowing persons to participate provided they pass appropriate health checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70230/25]

425. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ongoing improvements being made by her Department to the school transport scheme to ensure a more streamlined school bus ticket allocation process for the school year 2026/2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69821/25]

302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the Department’s estimate of the current national shortfall in buses required to meet contractual and public-service obligations for school transport. [69688/25]

114. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport when the next tranche of the Safe Routes to School Programme will be announced; if consideration will be given to including a school (details supplied) in view of ongoing health and safety concerns owing to the lack of a footpath from the village to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66452/25]

171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus ticket will be awarded to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66391/25]

173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school transport scheme will be amended to support students who do not travel to their most local mixed post-primary school, but instead choose to attend a single-sex school, as is their right; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66433/25]

179. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that school children in areas (details supplied) were not picked up for school by school transport on several dates in September and October, with no notice and leaving children on the side of the road without a way to school, if the Minister will seek an explanation for this and provide reassurance that this will not…