I wish to raise again the issue of the review of school transport. There is a clear commitment in the programme for Government to a review being carried out before the budget, but to my knowledge that has not happened. It is unacceptable that many children throughout the country and in my constituency have been adversely affected. Parents, children and school principals are most dissatisfied with the current situation. Has a review been carried out and, if so, what was the outcome?

I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, to respond to the Deputy's question.

As I indicated, 114,000 children are being carried on school transport twice a day, every day, and 10,000 children with special needs are being carried. I invited representatives of all parties to meet me in recent months to initiate a review. The previous review was carried out two years ago and it ends next September. We have received submissions from representatives of all parties. The review is being collated at present and it will be ready in the next couple of weeks. I will issue the findings of the review to each party, which can come back again to me on the basis of what we discussed. I believe Deputy Nolan was at the meeting where the matter was discussed.

I thank the Minister of State. That is clear enough.

The review is being formulated, collated and put together and will be available to all parties within two weeks.