422. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for a review of the contracts for taxi drivers with Bus Éireann providing transport for children in special education, due to the age limit of 70 years of age restricting the number of drivers who can provide the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/25]
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
301. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 26 February 2025, if it is possible to subsidise a bus on a route where there is a lack of transport currently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12997/25]
314. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans on expanding the school bus routes currently serving Dublin Fingal west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13095/25]
576. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on the 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. [10877/25]
580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education to examine the case for the establishment of an extra bus route (details supplied). [10974/25]
582. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be considered as a pilot school in the programme for Government school transport 2030 scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10996/25]
588. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if a bus service can be provided to transport students from Ardfert, County Kerry to a post-primary school (details supplied), as post-primary schools in Tralee are at full capacity, compelling students to enrol in this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11023/25]
589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the reason a school bus route (details supplied) has not resumed since it was stopped during Covid restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11028/25]
613. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with Bus Éireann and introduce a local school bus service in north Tipperary (details supplied) for the upcoming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11192/25]
618. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 6 November 2024, if an application by a group (details supplied) for school transport will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11270/25]
636. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the trouble families in Saggart are facing with transport to school (details supplied); if she will instruct his Department to investigate this matter and ensure children in the area have adequate transport to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11379/25]
642. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct Bus Éireann through the post-primary school transport scheme to ensure that a new bus pick-up stop will be installed in Clogheen village for collection to schools in Mitchelstown, County Cork, as the recommendations of the school transport scheme are due to come into place from September 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a st…
645. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 20 February 2025, if the case will be re-examined given further information has come to hand on the matter of school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11505/25]
656. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the changes being implemented on the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11659/25]
657. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will examine a pilot scheme to include areas of high urban school densities, like Douglas in Cork city, as a school transport for all hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11660/25]
658. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the changes being implemented on the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11661/25]
659. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will implement a use-it-or-lose-it check on school transport tickets for the forthcoming 2025-2026 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11662/25]
660. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the mapping technologies that will be used for distance criteria under school transport changes announced in the review in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11663/25]
661. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if the changes announced on school transport due to come in for September 2025 on rule changes for distance and nearest school have taken place; the number of additional buses and drivers required, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11664/25]
662. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of terms and conditions for school bus escorts as outlined in the 2024 review of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11665/25]
663. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education to provide Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas with direct name and contact details of the managers in each county for school transport. [11666/25]
668. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 20 February 2025, if the case will be re-examined given that further information has come to hand on the matter of school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11698/25]
686. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education when the commitment in the Programme for Government that an independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/25]
693. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11891/25]
702. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with Bus Éireann on the rule that drivers on school transport must be under 70 years of age (details supplied). [11967/25]