School transport cuts to be implemented from next year [newstalk.ie]
- Published: 28 June 2011
The government will press ahead with cuts to the school bus transport scheme.
Junior Education Minister Ciarán Cannon told more than 400 parents and teachers at a meeting in Listowel in Co. Kerry last night the country is borrowing €350 million a week and savings had to be made.
He says €17 million in savings on school bus transport had to be made between now and 2014.
These cuts are measures introduced in Budget 2011 by the previous Fianna Fail-Green government but are being implemented by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition.
From next September primary school children will be charged a minimum of €50 per year for bus transport rising to a maximum charge of €650 per family.
The minimum number of children required to establish a bus route will rise from 7 to 10.
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