Unfair and cruel. Those are the words of parents of children in a national school in Swords whose kids have been left at the side of the road by a school transport system that has failed, that is not fit for purpose and that needs to be totally remodelled. It has been a nightmare summer for children up and down the country and that nightmare has continued into the autumn for those who have been left behind. In the constituency the Minister and I share in Fingal, more than a dozen children in Swords cannot get to Gaelcholáiste Ghlór na Mara in Balbriggan, their regional local Gaelcholáiste. There is a bus service, which goes from Blake's Cross. This system does not meet the needs of the growing population and does not recognise the more diverse range of patron bodies that now exist in the country. Will this Government reform the school transport scheme so that it is fit for purpose? Will it provide school transport for those children in Swords to get to the Gaelcholáiste in Balbriggan?

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht na ceiste tábhachtaí seo. Bhí mé ag caint le tuismitheoirí agus daltaí ón Sord an tseachtain seo caite. Ní bhíonn siad ábalta bus a thógáil go dtí an Gaelcholáiste i mBaile Brigín and that is a big problem for those students. I have engaged directly with the Minister and the Department of Education in that regard. It is an example of an issue that arises around the country. Overall, investment in school transport has increased substantially. There are more places now than there have ever been but there are anomalies. The one Gaelcholáiste that covers our Dáilcheantar is Gaelcholáiste Ghlór na Mara in Balbriggan. There are students from Swords who should be able to get that bus. I thank the Deputy for raising that matter. It is an example of these anomalies but, overall, Government has increased funding and provided additional spaces and we will continue to do that. I assure the Deputy that I will engage directly with the Minister following his intervention this afternoon and will report directly back to him and to the parents.