The mother of a girl with additional needs says her daughter has been left without a seat on the school bus.
Siobhán's daughter is due to start school next Monday.
But she told The Hard Shoulder she's been told her place on the bus is gone.
"She had a place last year and the year before - she's now going into third year - and I just found out the other night she doesn't have a seat on the school bus.
"I sent an e-mail yesterday... and I was on hold yesterday for one hour and 35 minutes - I had to hang up.
"It tried ringing a few times after, and it's just not possible."
Siobhán said she's have been left in the dark.
"I just don't know why this has happened - we've paid for [the] school bus for all her siblings for years.
"We're just left in the dark.
"I don't know what we're going to do because logistically it's not going to work for me to get her into school each day".
Siobhán's other daughter also has a life-limiting illness, so her options are limited.
"She's very sick, she's having seizures daily - she's going to one school.
"I need to get her off to a bus, I need to be on standby for her... the other girl's going another direction."
A school bus is seen in a depot in Dublin in 2013. Picture by: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ieShe said there was no planning behind making the service more widely available.
"The one year this service is free, there's no thought done by the Government.
"They haven't looked into this, the logistics - how many children need places - and didn't take into account that because it's free other parents would obviously apply for it.
"I'll bring her to school on Monday and Tuesday, and after that I just don't know.
"She'll have to be brought in school late, or I'll have to pick her up early - I'll have to contact the school.
"But mentally for me, I'm just not going to be able to do this".
Siobhán's other daughter, Charlotte, faced a similar problem last year.
However things took a turn for the better, after she spoke to Lunchtime Live.
At the time, Siobhán said: "People do not understand the frustrations, the way you're treated - you're just dismissed when you have a child with special needs.
"Routine is so important, you can't tell your child one thing and then something else happens.
"It's very, very difficult; you're fighting all the time - you shouldn't have to fight for something that your child is entitled for and that you are told by an organisation like Bus Éireann that your child has a place on a bus and then suddenly it's whipped away from you."
