School Transport

381. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the free bus service to school drops for over-18-year-olds with disabilities who are still in education have ceased (details supplied). [35831/25]

409. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there has been a change to the school bus place application process for children with special educational needs; if she will outline the process for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36147/25]

228. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the €50 primary school and €75 post-primary school annual school transport fee to other public transport services, for students who are not eligible for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35051/25]

232. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current plans for Bus Éireann to follow through for a proposed bus service (details supplied). [35071/25]

233. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the due diligence in place between his Department and Bus Éireann to ensure public funds are spent for the purposes they are approved for. [35072/25]

33. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport if the safer routes to schools programme will be opened for new applications, if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34787/25]

34. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport to outline how schools might benefit from the active travel funding in the absence of access to the safer routes to schools programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34788/25]

35. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport of those schools that expressed an interest in the safer routes to school programme when it was introduced in 2021, the number that are yet to receive funding through the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34789/25]

36. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport for the breakdown of schools that have benefited from the safer routes to schools programme since its inception in 2021, by round of funding allocated and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34790/25]

37. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the number of the schools active in the safer routes to school programme that have benefited from the reduced speed limit on rural roads introduced in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34791/25]

43. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will expand on his closing comments on Wednesday’s private members motion on public transport experience regarding over 70’s school bus drivers; the steps he is taking to review this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34981/25]

411. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration has been given to lifting the mandatory retirement age of 70 for school transport providers for children with special education needs, or to a temporary lifting of the age limit of 70 for drivers to ensure continuity of service to children with special education needs; and if she will make a statement on th…

432. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify an issue concerning school transport in Gowran, County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34187/25]

279. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport applications submitted in County Louth from 2019 to 2025, along with the number of applications approved during the same period. [33263/25]

287. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address a school transport issue as regards a dangerous school bus pick-up point in Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33338/25]

394. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider updating concessionary rules to align with the school transport scheme 2030, allowing students school choice rather than catchment restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31974/25]

398. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school transport can be provided for a child (details supplied). [32005/25]

412. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth ; if she will review a school bus route to allow students to enrol in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32097/25]

416. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will establish a school bus route for the 30 plus secondary school children living in the Nenagh/Silvermines area travelling to Borrisoleigh daily. [32132/25]

430. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider correspondence (details supplied) around the school transport scheme grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32325/25]

98. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position on her engagement to date with the Department of Transport and Bus Éireann to increasing the upper age limit of drivers for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31163/25]

101. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications who have been paid on time of the total tickets for school transport ahead of the 2025-26 school year; the number of these applications who have been classified as being eligible for tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31314/25]

122. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the Department's decision to not provide school transport for students of a school to their temporary location (details supplied), to outline the alternative options available to families for transport to the temporary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30985/25]

129. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 8 May 2025, if she will provide an update on her Department’s plan to publish a timeline for these pilot projects; if her Department has instructed Bus Éireann to change concessionary tickets to eligible tickets following pilot projects being completed; and if she will make a statemen…

132. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action her Department is taking to increase the number of school bus drivers in view of ongoing recruitment challenges of bus drivers under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31252/25]