Families in dark over school bus access as return nears

It follows an unprecedented number of applications this year after the Government announced that school transport fees would be waived amidst the spiralling cost-of-living crisis. Minister for Education Norma Foley said it was a"significant investment" with families making a saving of €500.

Many parents who have been paying for concessionary tickets for years have now received emails informing them that they have not been successful in obtaining school transport this year. Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice has said the School Transport Scheme was now in chaos. "It's very frustrating and we're going to be looking at the bus pulling up and my kids can't get on it. We pay €350 a year per child, and we were delighted to hear that there was going to be free transport. This would have been a great financial relief for us.

This is not complicated. How those in positions of power are unable to plan proactively is utterly pathetic at this point. Anyone who used the School Transport Scheme before this year should have been allocated a place before any first timers! It’s not rocket science 🤷‍♂️

It's not open

No joined up thinking here. Making the service free would obviously increase applications, with more buses/drivers needed resulting in thousands of rejection letters. I am on the receiving end of one -having used the service for 6 yrs successfully, my two kids have been rejected

time of year I fking hate

Oh god. This is so typically irish to happen. What incompetence

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