Norma Foley to update Cabinet on school transport scheme

Thousands more children will have access to the service under the new rules which will reduce the limit students have to live from school to qualify for a bus place

Education Minister Norma Foley is to update Cabinet on her department's plans to make the school transport scheme more accessible. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Education Minister Norma Foley is to update Cabinet with plans to overhaul the school transport scheme, which will see a number of significant changes.

The Irish Examiner first revealed the new scheme will include changes to eligibility criteria, such as a reduction in distance qualification as well as the scrapping of some rules, which will see thousands more children accessing the service.