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]
Topics / School Transport
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Transport
1,013 questions from 118 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,013
questions
1,006 written, 7 oral
118
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 16 |
| February 2025 | 35 |
| March 2025 | 48 |
| April 2025 | 78 |
| May 2025 | 44 |
| June 2025 | 36 |
| July 2025 | 66 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 153 |
| October 2025 | 34 |
| November 2025 | 53 |
| December 2025 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 47 |
| February 2026 | 37 |
| March 2026 | 38 |
| April 2026 | 45 |
| May 2026 | 41 |
| June 2026 | 37 |
| July 2026 | 54 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 68 |
| October 2026 | 61 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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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 happen again; and i…
351. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school transport query from a person in Kildare (details supplied). [65221/25]
360. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school transport for a student with special educational needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65304/25]
376. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider and respond to correspondence from the parents and caregivers association of a school (details supplied) regarding school transport issues. [65428/25]
380. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students receiving school transport in Newbridge; the number refused school transport; and the reason for refusal, in tabular form. [65465/25]
385. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to allow people who are contracted by Bus Éireann to drive buses for children with additional needs to continue to do so after they reach 70 years-of-age; her views on the current policy; the engagement her Department has had with Bus Éireann on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65491/25]
394. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to change the regulations regarding persons aged 70 and over, driving vehicles providing a public service such as school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65626/25]
412. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the processing of school transport applications for children with disabilities for the current school year; whether it is the case that the CIE office in Broadstone is processing applications across multiple counties; the number of staff currently assigned to this work; and whether additional resources will be allocated to ad…
138. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the duration of a criminal conviction, and the time since such a conviction, which is taken into account when assessing the suitability of a driver to drive a Bus Éireann school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64128/25]
423. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included on the pilot school bus schemes envisioned under School Transport 2030. [62718/25]
425. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school bus is funded to transport school children from the Fanad peninsula and Gaeltacht to a school (details supplied) in Letterkenny to ensure that those children can continue their education through the medium of Irish. [62753/25]
447. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to extending a bus service to include an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63080/25]
468. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to the pilot school transport scheme; if she will provide details of the schools identified as pilot projects for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63241/25]
251. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a request for school transport from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62305/25]
260. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there are plans to review the decision to disallow over 70s from driving school buses, as this is placing significant strain on school bus operators who have contracts with Bus Éireann;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62379/25]
281. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposals to amend and improve the criteria for the establishment of school transport to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62611/25]
484. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a student (details supplied) will be allocated a concessionary or non-concessionary school bus ticket at this late stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61117/25]
506. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of children (details supplied); if she will provide an update from the school transport appeal board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61344/25]
513. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students in the Roscommon–Galway constituency currently without access to school bus services, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61477/25]
514. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed the adequacy of school transport services in rural areas such as Roscommon and east Galway; the improvements planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61478/25]
534. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school transport route (details supplied) will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61720/25]
550. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school bus tickets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61952/25]