Meath children’s transport to Trim
The children qualify for free transport to nearer Kiltale, not Trim; the Department is checking claims that the Kiltale service is distant and Trim more convenient.
asked the Minister for Education if school bus tickets will be issued to children (details supplied) in County Meath, either free or fare-paying.
Comment on this
The children in question live 4.0 miles from Kiltale national school which is their nearest school. They are eligible for free transport to that school. They have applied for transport to Trim national schools but as the Trim schools are not the nearest schools to the home of these children, it is not open to the Department to grant them free transport to Trim. It has been represented to me that the nearest point on the Kiltale service is 1.2 miles from the children's home and that the service to Trim is much more convenient for them. I am having further inquiries made into that aspect of the matter and will be in touch with the parents again as soon as possible.