Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy O'Sullivan. I still encourage people to apply. We all make the assumption that the numbers this year will be the same as last year. This could well be the case but people will not be in the mix if they do not make an application. I suggest that they make an application anyway. Other Deputies will identify with the situation that Deputy O'Sullivan has described. It is the reason the review was conducted in the first place. It has been coming a long time but it is imminent. My view, and that of many of my colleagues, is that the school transport system should be integrated with the public transport system. It would make much more sense for efficiency and effectiveness in a variety of ways. I hope this is considered in the process of the review. I take the points made by Deputy O'Sullivan.

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