School Transport

165. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with the Minister for Transport and the Road Safety Authority regarding allowing those over 70 years to drive for school transport; if this will now be allowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39574/25]

50. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the consideration given to the inclusion of a light rail system for Galway in the upcoming review of the National Development Plan; when the plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39984/25]

80. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full year cost of providing an additional 10,000 school transport places up to a maximum of 100,000 places. [39766/25]

104. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who register for a place on the school transport scheme; and how many places would need to be delivered to cope with capacity. [39929/25]

105. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children which availed of the school transport scheme in 2024 and to date in 2025, in primary and secondary school respectively. [39930/25]

117. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to the expansion of the school transport scheme service as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40027/25]

118. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress made to date in relation to the carrying out of an independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40028/25]

437. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline whether a school bus seat will be guaranteed with a concessionary ticket for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38660/25]

442. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport applications submitted in County Monaghan from 2022 to 2025, including the number of applications approved during this period, in tabular form. [38670/25]

467. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school transport will be provided in 2025-2026 for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39031/25]

482. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the school transport difficulty (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39232/25]

485. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.484 of 10 June 2025, if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39257/25]

490. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of transporting special education children to school in Meath for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39324/25]

493. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current eligibility criteria for the school transport scheme, specifically the use of walking distance rather than driving distance in assessing applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39343/25]

614. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will commit to introducing a fair and standardised system of income support for part-time school bus drivers during school closures (details supplied); if he will work with the Department of Education and the Department of Transport to develop an advance or automatic payment mechanism that recognises school closures as part of…

371. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of proposed changes to the school bus service for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that parents have been informed by Bus Éireann that the drop-off is being changed; the rationale for this change which will mean pupils will have to walk 1.1 kilometres to access transport; if a safety assessment has…

398. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the parameters of the independent assessment into the feasibility of the over-70s' exclusion from the school transport scheme will be agreed; and the deadline for completion of the report. [37258/25]

414. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department can address a case where a child with a disability (details supplied) is experiencing difficulty accessing school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37409/25]

430. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth his views on correspondence with regard to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37707/25]

210. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied) due to exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36727/25]

240. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will conduct a review into the school transport requirements from Ballon, County Carlow to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36902/25]

90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an issue can be addressed in relation to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36292/25]

357. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of the independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35601/25]

369. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children enrolled in the school transport scheme in 2023 and 2024; the total cost of the scheme in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35656/25]

370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35657/25]