Today at noon the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, announced the preliminary review of the steering group on the Department's review of the school transport scheme. It is hugely significant in the context of John the Baptist Community School in Hospital, County Limerick. For the forthcoming year, it will facilitate students who are attending their second nearest school to be able to avail of school transport as a concessionary. That is to be very much welcomed.

It is going into the rural areas of Ballyneety, Knockea, Ballybricken, Caherconlish and Fedamore in east County Limerick, which will make an enormous difference to these people. I have been working with the parents and the school on this for a long number of years. They have this peculiarity where their nearest school is measured from the general post office, GPO, in Limerick city but their main nearest school is their local school, namely, John the Baptist Community School.

Thank you, Deputy.

I have a quick question for the Tánaiste. The Government is looking at increasing the capacity limits on public transport from 50% to 100% as we go into August.

We are over time, Deputy.

Currently, school transport is operating at 50% capacity. Bus Éireann has informed me that if the capacity on school transport is not increased, it may not be able to facilitate students.

The Deputy must put his question. We are way over time.

Will school transport capacity be reviewed?

I am afraid I have not yet seen the report to which the Deputy referred, which was released in the past couple of hours by the Minister, Deputy Foley. It seems that his long-standing advocacy on this issue has borne some results. I am glad to hear there is some welcome news for school pupils and families in the Limerick area.

Public transport capacity will be reviewed in the context of schools and colleges going back in September and October. We just do not know where we are going to be in terms of vaccinations and the virus by then, but we certainly are aware of the problem.