Around 200 secondary school students living in Lucan have been left without a bus service.
The private company that brings the pupils to Confey College in Leixlip says it's not financially viable to operate at 50 per cent capacity.
It follows a change to the coronavirus guidelines on school buses which means transport for second level can only have half the numbers they usually carry on board.
Elizabeth Wynne, Chairperson of Confey College Parent's Council, says a grant is needed to keep services running;
"So it's left just under 200 children without transport to school for the first full day, which is next Friday the 4th" she said.
"Literally with a week to go we have parents who don't know how their children are going get to school, so it's quite frustrating as you can imagine."
