1245. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Bus Éireann cannot go off-route to collect school children under the school transport scheme without the prior approval of her Department; the reason her Department will not accept any such application for re-routing unless there is a minimum of ten additional pupils to be collected; that this means that the most newly approved primary school children in rural Ireland cannot be collected at home due to the small enrolment numbers; her views that this may be inadvertently discriminating against children from rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31145/15]

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1245. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Bus Éireann cannot go off-route to collect school children under the school transport scheme without the prior approval of her Department; the reason her Department will not accept any such application for re-routing unless there is a minimum of ten additional pupils to be collected; that this means that the most newly approved primary school children in rural Ireland cannot be collected at home due to the small enrolment numbers; her views that this may be inadvertently discriminating against children from rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31145/15]

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