GALWAY TD WANTS PILOT SCHEME FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORT [galwaynews.ie]
- Published: 20 July 2011
A Galway T.D. wants the Government to allow rural schools in Galway and across the country come up with their own plan to provide school transport.
Fianna Fáil's Éamon Ó Cuív raised the issue in the Dáil.
The Government provides school transport to students who live long distances from their primary school.
A student must be aged between 4 and 12 and live more than 2 miles from their local school.
A Value for Money Review of the Scheme was carried out earlier this year, which resulted in the introduction of an annual charge for the service.
Budget 2011 also stipulated that a minimum of 10 eligible children are required to set up a school transport service in an area.
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