Families 'left in limbo' as they wait for school bus appeals

Labour TD Seán Sherlock: 'The reality is we still have over 1,300 families left without school transport.' Picture: Gareth Chaney /Collins Photos

Ahead of Christmas, families are still “left in limbo” on how to get their child to school, as new figures show more than 1,300 school bus appeals are still pending.

Figures released via parliamentary question to Labour TD for Cork East Seán Sherlock show that 248 families’ appeals over access to school bus places were cleared by the School Transport Appeals Board in November. The Irish Examiner previously reported that as few as seven of 1,600 appeals had been cleared in October.