118. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the reason the Bus Éireann school bus route supplying a school (details supplied) which has been in place for a long period of time, has recently been changed without any notice to parents along this route; if the service will be reinstated as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17967/25]
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
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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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
112. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the number of pilot schemes run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-26; the current stage of each pilot run under the revised scheme; when the revised school transport scheme for 2025-26 will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17170/25]
122. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the changes planned in the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 school year in order to ensure all children will be accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16932/25]
159. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the implementation of the school transport strategy. [16970/25]
186. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the school transport scheme; the number of applications currently in the system from Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17184/25]
189. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education for an update on school transport; the measures she is taking to increase school transport places in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17090/25]
193. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s evaluation of pilots run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; to provide the next stage in the rollout of the revised school transport scheme 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17169/25]
194. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the school transport scheme for the 2025/2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16753/25]
195. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on work on the Programme for Government commitment to expand the school transport scheme. [16971/25]
204. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education in order to alleviate the shortage of primary school places in Portlaoise, that the transport section of her Department would provide transport by minibus to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16470/25]
434. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if she will work with Bus Éireann to amend the rules to allow drivers over 70 years-of-age to continue to drive school buses, subject to annual medical examinations, to help alleviate the shortage of school bus drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16558/25]
435. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a school transport appeal decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16559/25]
473. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education the position regarding a school bus ticket for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16644/25]
488. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education the reason bus drivers over the age of 70 cannot operate on school bus routes that are contracted to Bus Éireann; if the National Transport Authority has the authority to set policy in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16819/25]
489. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the average number of busses in the Bus Éireann school fleet for Tipperary specifically in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [16876/25]
496. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the number of children carried on school buses entirely comprising concessionary tickets due to the change in school transport scheme policy for all schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16943/25]
497. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education the changes planned for the 2025-2026 school year regarding the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16944/25]
518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her assessment that school transportation be legally required to ensure appropriate supervision in an effort to prevent bullying. [17289/25]
532. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport scheme for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17382/25]
533. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport scheme for children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17384/25]
552. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the options available for a child (details supplied) to get to school where there is no Bus Éireann school service available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17491/25]
567. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of transporting children with additional needs to special classes or special school settings from Dublin 2 in each of the academic years commencing 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [17607/25]
568. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of transporting children with additional needs to special classes or special school settings from Dublin 4 in each of the academic years commencing 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [17608/25]
569. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of transporting children with additional needs to special classes or special school settings from Dublin 6 in each of the academic years commencing 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [17609/25]
570. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of transporting children with additional needs to special classes or special school settings from Dublin 6W in each of the academic years commencing 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [17610/25]