874. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage with Bus Éireann over the lack of school buses, on approved bus routes from Ferns to Bunclody County Wexford, which are leaving children with no way to get to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45952/25]
Topics / School Transport
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Transport
1,013 questions from 118 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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1,006 written, 7 oral
118
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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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875. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have been refused a school bus ticket for the 2025-2026 academic year due to a lack of available spaces, per county, in tabular form. [45959/25]
876. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that school transport options are being refused to children attending schools that have relocated for the reason that there are other schools deemed closer; if she considers it fair policy to expect parents to transfer their children from one school to another because of decisions by her Department to relocate schools; and if she will…
877. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus service will be considered for an area following the relocation of a school (details supplied). [45961/25]
895. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth to share the details of the school bus routes not operational for the start of the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis; the number of students impacted by those lacking services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46066/25]
896. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department will pay the exceptional no service interim grant up front rather than retrospectively due to the financial impact on parents of the lacking school bus services at the start of this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46067/25]
897. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the bidding for school bus contracts closed for the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis, if applicable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46068/25]
904. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason concessionary school transport ticket holders are not permitted to access public transport free of charge in cases where Bus Éireann has failed to provide a school bus service for their children. [46212/25]
905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children nationwide for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46213/25]
906. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children in County Meath for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46214/25]
922. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school bus ticket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46255/25]
923. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school transport scheme route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46281/25]
924. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of a school transport scheme route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46282/25]
925. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of a school transport scheme route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46283/25]
926. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of a school transport scheme route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46284/25]
930. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of a school transport scheme route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46289/25]
931. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a pupil could avail of a closer school bus pickup point from their home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46296/25]
932. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether two school bus tickets could be re-issued to the correct address (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46327/25]
933. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a group of students could avail of a closer school bus pickup point (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46331/25]
939. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school bus ticket for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46417/25]
966. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on matters raised during the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46577/25]
967. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide clarity to parents on a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46579/25]
968. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of bus drivers who work under the Bus Éireann scheme who have reached the age of 70 years and have had to retire due to Bus Éireann's policy; the data for the academic school years 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46585/25]
969. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of bus drivers who will have to retire for the academic school year 2026-27, 2027-28, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46586/25]
970. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason companies are withdrawing their contracts with Bus Éireann under the school transport scheme; the number that have withdrawn in the academic school years of 2023/2024, 2024/2025, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46587/25]