The daily €4 transport charge would amount to about €900 over a year for parents in the Northern Sound region.

Cootehill had the second highest rate nationally of primary students travelling by public transport.

Many people who are 70 years or older are very fit and well capable of carrying out those jobs.

Parents in Cavan and Monaghan have shared their concerns with me about meeting these costs.

We don't have transport to get to these schools.

According to Francis, his son Jamie has been left in limbo and the situation is having a negative impact on the family as a whole.

"It’s so unfair.. The Minister should of made sure resources were in place.”

'The lack of school bus seats in Cavan is nothing new'