Local TD and Sinn Fein's Education spokesperson, Sorca Clarke TD, has launched her parties new school transport strategy. The plan sets out how the party would expand school transport and deliver an additional 100,000 school bus places.
The opposition also say they will invest 250 million to build capacity in the system. Included in the strategy is a reduction to distance criteria to be eligible for a school bus place.
Longford/Westmeath TD Sorca Clarke says there are actions the government can take now to prevent children missing out: