Families face huge schoolbus costs rise in September [meathchronicle.ie]
- Published: 07 July 2010
A call on Meath's Fianna Fail TDs to intervene to stop the Government's proposed increase of up to 78 per cent in school transport charges has been made by Cllr Catherine Yore of Fine Gael.
She said the Government is proposing a 78 per cent rise in junior post-primary school transport costs, from €168 last year to €300 this coming September.
"Senior post-primary pupils will see a 28 per cent rise in the cost of getting to and from school, while concessionary primary pupils will be hit by a huge 66 per cent rise in costs," said the Carnaross councillor, herself a primary school teacher.
"These hikes are outrageous at a time when the Government should be doing its best to encourage access to education for all. Many families already experiencing financial difficulties will now face the extra burden of higher school transport costs this September," she said.
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