Click on the PDF document for information for incoming First Years

Please see information note below regarding the School Transport Application Process

for 2023/24 School Year 

Bus Éireann will contact all existing applicants via email directly, and a wider media

campaign will commence this week. Further information is available on

www.gov.ie/schooltransport and buseireann.ie/schooltransport.

Information for families regarding School Transport Application Process for 2023/24

School Year

Families are asked to note that the closing date for payment/registering medical cards has

been brought forward so that Bus Éireann can process applications, arrange transport and

issue tickets to families as soon as possible for the 2023/24 school year.

1. New Applicants – Apply By 28TH APRIL 2023

The Bus Éireann family portal is now open for new applications for school

transport services for the 2023/24 school year. New applications are considered

as:

 pupils who will be attending junior infants in primary school or first

year in post-primary school for the first time in 2023.

 pupils that may move home address or will be attending a new

school in the 2023/24 school year

Applications can be made by visiting www.buseireann.ie/schooltransport

The closing date for new applications is Friday 28 April 2023. Any new

applications made after the closing date are considered late applications and

families are not guaranteed a seat.

2. All Applicants- payment/enter medical card details – closing date 9

June 2023

The Bus Éireann family portal will be open to accept payments/medical card

details from the 3 April 2023 until the 9 June 2023. Payments made after the

deadline date will be deemed late and families are not guaranteed a seat at

that stage.

Payments/medical card details must be submitted for:

 new applicants, and;

 pupils who have previously applied/availed of school transport and

require a seat on a service for the 23/24 school year.

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Children (who are eligible for school transport) and who possess valid medical

cards (GMS Scheme) are exempt from paying the annual charge however, their

medical card details must be submitted to Bus Éireann. Bus Éireann will accept

medical card details from 3 April 2023 until 9 June 2023. Medical card details

received after 9 of June deadline are considered late.

Families are strongly urged to make sure that they pay/enter valid medical

card details on or before the deadline of 9 of June 2023.

The Annual Charge for School Transport Services for the 2023/24 school year

is set out below:

Category of pupil Annual Charge

Primary Eligible/ Concessionary pupil €50

Post-primary Eligible/ Concessionary pupil €75

Maximum annual charge for families €125

3. Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for School Transport for the 2023/24 school year is

as follows:

 Children are eligible for transport at primary level where they reside not

less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national

school, and at post-primary level where they reside not less than 4.8

kilometres from and are attending their nearest post-primary

school/education centre as determined by the department/Bus Éireann,

having regard to ethos and language.

 Children who are eligible for school transport and who have completed

the application and payment process on time will be accommodated on

school transport services where such services are in operation.

 Children who are not eligible for school transport, but who complete the

application and payment process on time, will be considered for spare

seats that may exist after eligible children have been facilitated; such

seats are referred to as concessionary seats.

 Because of the nature of concessionary transport for non-eligible children

and the priority of providing places for eligible children, there may be an

excess of demand over supply for concessionary places, in these cases

Bus Éireann will allocate tickets for spare seats using an agreed

selection process.

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 In addition, temporary alleviation measures will continue for the 2023/24

school year, pending completion of the school transport scheme review.

This means that transport will be provided where such services are in

operation for post-primary pupils who are eligible for transport to their

nearest school and are attending their second nearest school and who

apply and pay on time.

4. Учні з України

Учні з України, які потребують шкільного транспорту, не повинні подавати документи на

Автобус Éireann сімейний портал, але варто відвідати gov.ie/ukraine для отримання детальної інформації про те, як

застосовувати. Зверніть увагу, що будь-які учні з України, які зараз навчаються в школі

транспорту не потрібно повторно подавати заявку на 2023/24 навчальний рік, якщо вони

змінили адресу або школу.