A group of parents say they are being left with no option but to look for their own solutions after their children were offered school places but cannot access school transport.
Edite Miloslavska from Dundalk is one of those parents. She says she applied to three local schools for her daughter, but all were full, leaving her to accept a place further away. Without a transport option, getting her daughter to school has become a daily problem.
The parents have contacted the Department of Education and the School Transport Section, while also exploring a private bus service. But with only around 17 families committed to paying €35 a month, the company said it would need around 25 children to make the service viable.
Despite those efforts, Edite says there is still no solution — leaving parents asking what they are supposed to do when their child has a school place but cannot get to school.
Edite joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.