Families who have applied for school transport for the 2022/2023 school year are reminded that they must log in and request their ticket on the Bus Éireann family portal by the closing date of Friday 29 July 2022.
Families are advised that the family portal will close for a short period following this closing date to allow for essential technical adjustments to the system.
The closing date for making a new application for school transport for the 2022/23 school year was 29 April 2022.
A late application process is available and these late applications will be processed in the normal way. However, as these applications are late, a ticket is not guaranteed
The School Transport scheme is to continue to provide some flexibility for the coming school year.
A full review of the School Transport System is underway and in the interim temporary alleviation measures put in place last year will be allowed to continue for this school year.
This means that some 1800 post primary students will be able to avail of the transport service – these are students attending their second nearest school, who have completed the application and ticket registration process on time and who live more than 4.8km from their nearest school.
Without the flexibility they would not be offered a ticket for the school transport service.
Last month the Department announced that there would be no charges for school transport for the coming academic year due to the cost of living crisis.
