Primary school transport charges set to double [news.eircom.net]
- Published: 07 November 2011
Annual charges are set to rise from €50 to €100 for individual children. The maximum charge where more than one child from a family uses transport services will also double from €110 to €220.
Rural families will be hit hardest by the measures, which will only scrape an estimated €2 million off the annual €178m school transport costs met by the Department of Education.
Junior Education Minister Ciaran Cannon faced a backlash from parents earlier this year when he drove ahead with the previous administration's plans to introduce primary school transport charges and cut back on routes.
Charges currently apply to approximately 20,000 of the 36,000 primary school children who avail of the transport services.
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