971. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of companies that applied for the school transport scheme for the 2025-26 academic school year, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46588/25]
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
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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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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973. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school bus routes in Kildare (details supplied) will be going ahead this school term; and if so, the timeline for when these routes will be operational. [46591/25]
975. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether school bus drivers are provided with passenger lists to ensure that all students on a school bus route are picked up as part of the school transport scheme; if lists are not provided to give the rationale for not providing the lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46627/25]
976. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department is investigating the feasibility of providing digital school transport passes in view of the logistical issues and costs associated with requiring students to have physical bus passes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46628/25]
982. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to using more small buses for school transport in rural areas where big buses cannot turn corners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46672/25]
988. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the ongoing demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families; and her views on whether it is acceptable that school transport escorts have to sign on for social welfare supports during school holidays. [46760/25]
992. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has any plans to review the pay, terms and conditions of bus transport escorts who are engaged by schools to assist and support pupils with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46804/25]
995. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure to accommodate bus escorts providing an invaluable service to vulnerable young people in society with better pay and conditions and treat them with respect (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46819/25]
996. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason no update has been made available for TDs and affected customers and families in relation to issues regarding the A1791 school transport route in County Louth; when the matter will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46832/25]
997. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he is aware that a school bus company (details supplied) has cancelled its school bus service without notice to parents; her plans to facilitate the ten students who now have no transport to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46869/25]
1002. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will examine the feasibility of introducing a mechanism whereby Bus Éireann school bus drivers who reach the age of 70 could continue in employment if in possession of a valid bus licence. [46983/25]
1008. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the school transport scheme to allow for payment of school escorts to continue through the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47034/25]
1009. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the request from a school (details supplied) for the provision of additional bus places for students who were unsuccessful in their applications for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47036/25]
1010. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has given consideration to the provision of a bus stop in a village (details supplied) for children availing of school transport to post primary schools in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47037/25]
1011. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action her Department is taking to ensure that pupils attending a school (details supplied), and who are eligible for school transport, are provided with transport on the current bus service for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47042/25]
972. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school transport can be provided to a child (details supplied) in view of their need for same on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40714/25]
977. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants for the school transport scheme in 2024. [40745/25]
978. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2024. [40746/25]
979. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for the school transport scheme in 2025. [40747/25]
980. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2025. [40748/25]
1004. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the terms and conditions for school transport escorts; when the terms and conditions, including pay levels were last reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40903/25]
1005. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position on the measures she is taking to ensure sufficient school transport will be available in the mid-Cork region for 2025-2026 school year; the up-to-date position on the roll out of the new transport measures; when these measures will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40946/25]
1039. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for SEN transport by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41260/25]
1041. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to amending a school bus route to accommodate a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/25]
1051. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a student will be entitled to school transport under the transport scheme if their home address is 4.8 km from their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41404/25]