asked the Minister for Education if his attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory school bus service operating from Milford, Charleville, County Cork; and if he will take immediate steps to have it improved.

It has not been represented to me that the school bus service operating from Milford, County Cork, is unsatisfactory. The position is that the maximum travelling and waiting time does not exceed one hour. I do not consider this as an unsatisfactory service particularly having regard to the fact that the transport resources of the country are at present taxed to the limit to provide facilities for the large number of pupils seeking free transport.