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School Transport huge increase

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  • 09-07-2009 4:19pm
    #1
    Paddyo
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭


    Hi

    Has anyone noticed the sharp increase in the school transport cost introduced by the department of education. It used to be approx €56 per term - around €168 per year.

    This year it will cost a total of €300.00, either all up front or two lots of €150.00.

    Not far off a 100% increase

    Its getting to the stage where I should just sign over my pay cheque (while I still have one) to the government

    Paddyo


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    While on this topic - the fees are set by the Government and not the Bus Eireann represnetives you call about paying etc. I believe that each year the poor souls working for BE taking calls regarding school transport get a very hard time on the phone when its nothing to do with them at all.

    I'm not sure where the pay increases come from in terms of justification. Thankfully I never had to take a bus when I was in school as it was within walking distance. Its hard to familys who have to pay out a lot and then this on top of them


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    sceptre
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    I can't make €300 from any of the costs listed here (though I can make less or more - 46*3 to make 138 per Junior cert child, 71*3 to make 213 per Leaving cert child or 150*3 to make 450 as a family rate). Have they bumped the prices again since April (seems a bit nasty if they have)?


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    Paddyo
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Paddyo


    Just got the notification in the post

    €300.00 per year for one child
    €600.00 for 2 or more

    Can be split into two payments

    Paddyo


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Paddyo wrote: »
    Just got the notification in the post

    €300.00 per year for one child
    €600.00 for 2 or more

    Can be split into two payments

    Paddyo

    From what I was told last night when I queried this, that is correct. The prices have gone up as per government requests. Still the abuse to the people dealing with these calls streams in.


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