on Friday, Minister Foley said that it was"quite a logistical challenge to do that immediately", and would require an additional 1,600 buses to facilitate."Some buses will operate at that capacity next week, but we will be rolling that out as quickly as we possibly can. The government decision is that school transport will proceed as planned, but that we would roll out, as quickly and as speedily as we can, the additional buses.
The Kerry TD also said that should parents of students who are ticket-holders for school buses wish to arrange alternative transport while the additional buses are waiting to come on stream, they will be reimbursed;"I should also add that we are offering the facility to parents, if they have a child that is eligible to travel on the bus, should they wish to organise their own transport in the meantime, they will be recompensed for doing that.
The Minister also paid tribute to the work going on. behind the scenes by schools to prepare for reopening next week; "Phenomenal work has been going on in schools the length and breadth of the country, school communities are working night and day, have been working for the last number of weeks, will be working today and indeed will continue working early next week to ensure that our schools open safely and open on time."The Architects of Business... Press PLAY