Transport operators launch EU challenge over school transport system [thejournal.ie]
- Published: 27 October 2011
AN ASSOCIATION of transport operators will today launch a complaint at EU level about how Ireland organises its school transport system.
The Coach Tourism & Transport Council, which represents bus companies operating under the School Transport Scheme, says the Department of Education is in contravention of EU laws by awarding some contracts to Bus Éireann – without the state-owned operator having to tender for them.
The council says Bus Éireann’s profits from the services are sent to its Expressway division – which is a commercial service, divorced from the funding that Bus Éireann receives to provide other services.
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