Stepping Stones is a special needs school which currently has to use a one-way system for school drop-offs.
Parents of children attending a special needs school in Maynooth are calling for urgent action over what they say are unsafe drop-off and parking conditions.
Stepping Stones School currently has a car park that operates as a one-way system, with bus drivers relying on what’s been described as an “unwritten system” — using hazard lights while children get off.
Planning permission has been granted to implement a new car park, but no timeline has been set for the work.
Speaking on this morning's Kildare Today, Stacey McLoughlin, a member of the parents’ association, says the situation is dangerous and "these children are a flight risk”.
Earlier this year, Kfm News reported that previous funding issues for the school had been raised by Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North Naoise Ó Cearúil in the Dáil.
In a statement to Kfm News, the Department of Education said:
"The Department are reviewing the matter in relation to the proposed car park and will be in contact with the school management in this regard."
Listen to the full interview from this morning's Kildare Today show here:
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