Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think we can all see this in our constituencies, particularly over the summer months. I refer to the challenges and the parents who get on to us because of a lack of space or because of their inability to get their children on the school buses. The Deputy is right that changes are being proposed to take away some of the distance requirements and other measures. I will have to come back to her on a timeline as to how that will be rolled out, but the objective of the Minister is to make sure that any child who needs a space on a bus, to either his or her nearest school or the school he or she is attending, can, insofar as possible, get that. I will come back to the Deputy with more details if I can.

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