Galway-based senator tells Oireachtas of hardship caused by school bus chaos

Galway-based senator Aisling Dolan has told the Oireachtas of the hardship being caused by the school bus chaos, as 6-thousand  children are still waiting to hear if they will get a place this year.

The Education Minister appeared before the Oireachtas Education committee this morning to answer questions on the free travel scheme which descended into chaos this summer.

124-thousand out of 130-thousand students have had tickets issued by Bus Eireann, and Norma Foley says a review of the scheme and its failings will take place before the end of the year.

Senator Aisling Dolan outlines some of the families who have been hit by the delays in Ballinasloe, Mountbellew, Ballygar and Athlone.