Applications for school transport are open

Applications for School Transport for the next school year are currently open and can be accessed online at this link. Details of the scheme are also available on Bus Éireann’s website and Department of Education’s website.

Those who need to apply include students who have never applied for school transport, students starting junior infants or first year for the first time in the 2025/26 school year or students changing home address or moving school in the 2025/26 school year. Existing school transport applications will automatically roll over into the new school year. 

Children are eligible for school transport if they live at least 3.2km from their nearest national school, or at least 4.8 km from their nearest post-primary school or education centre, as determined by the Department/Bus Éireann, considering the school's ethos and language.

The closing date for NEW school transport applications is Friday 25 April 2025. Payments or medical cards can be received up to Friday 6 June 2025.

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