Primary pupils to pay €50 school bus charge [Independent.ie]
- Published: 08 December 2010
MORE than 32,000 primary school children will have to pay annual school transport charges of €50 each from next September.
The maximum charge will be €110 per family.
Students travelling to post-primary schools will have to pay €350 a year, an increase of €50, with a maximum family charge of €650.
Children with special educational needs will continue to be transported free of charge, as will children whose families have a medical card, a spokesperson for the Department of Education and Skills said.
From next September, a minimum of 10 eligible children will be needed to establish or keep services, compared with seven at present.
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