Department quiet on cost of taxis for pupils doubling in four years

The school transport scheme had a spend of €38m in 2020, but has reached nearly €80m for 2023 and is expected to top that this year. File Picture: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

The cost of providing taxis to school children has doubled in just four years, but the Department of Education has refused to say where the money is going.

Figures released to the Irish Examiner by the department under Freedom of Information laws show the school transport scheme had a spend of €38m in 2020, but has reached nearly €80m for 2023 and is expected to top that this year.