163. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of difficulties facing many transport companies (details supplied); if she has plans to make changes to the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53693/25]
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
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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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The questions
164. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of transporting children to and from school by taxi, by county, for each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52932/25]
169. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53022/25]
175. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is still without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53118/25]
179. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school transport for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53175/25]
188. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) can be examined; if a school transport ticket can be issued in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53219/25]
206. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify growing concerns among school bus escorts around their payment; if it is the case that school bus escorts are only paid from the minute a child gets on the school bus until they get off, despite many escorts spending up to an hour on the bus before a child gets on; and if Circular 0085/2024 can provide clarity to school boards of manage…
207. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus service will return for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53532/25]
224. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 23 September 2025, if she will confirm the length of time families ordinarily expect to wait before receiving an update following an inspector’s review; if she will clarity the process and time frame for assessment of school transport pick-up points by local Bus Éireann inspectors; the appropriate channels …
236. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 23 September 2025, the number of children who have availed of the exceptional interim grant in Cork; the reasons this has not been offered to all parents; and when an offer will be made. [53945/25]
299. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 24 September 2025, if she will re-engage with Bus Éireann for clarification in relation to this route given the information provided in the reply is contrary to the information provided to parents by Bus Éireann (details supplied); and given some children are not receiving school transport on this route. [5…
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a response will issue to correspondence regarding an application for special needs school transport for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52217/25]
252. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport whether the funding will be provided in 2025 to include a further bundle of schools in the safe routes to school scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51331/25]
407. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if two school bus tickets will be re-issued (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51107/25]
411. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with Bus Éireann in relation to the lack of response and lack of specific case details following queries from Oireachtas members about school transport places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51147/25]
416. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on additional pilot school transport schemes for the 2025/2026 year; if it is envisaged that further services will be provided during this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51183/25]
417. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the remote area grant will be offered to families whose children qualify for a concessionary school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51204/25]
418. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the implementation of the school transport review, especially the implementation to the changes of the radius for post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51205/25]
419. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used to select the pilot areas for the school transport review pilot scheme in 2024/2025. [51206/25]
420. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider additional schools or areas for inclusion in the next phase of the school transport review pilot scheme; and if so, the application process for a school or community to express an interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51207/25]
421. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the means by which requests for safety reviews of bus stops used for school buses are processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51208/25]
422. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the requirement of school transport being considered as part of the NCSE registration process for special education classes for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51209/25]
423. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of concessionary tickets issued to families living in the Dublin Fingal west constituency for the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51210/25]
424. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to families living in the Dublin Fingal west constituency who were eligible for school transport for the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51211/25]
425. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the details of the special transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51212/25]