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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: There are people registered with Bus Éireann for the school transport scheme. They meet certain requirements. The other bus services meet other requirements but not those applying to the school transport contract.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Every contractor must be safe. Is there a case for new instruments of enforcement? Is there a need to register services if a school uses any operator outside the school transport scheme? Should there be further regulation or even knowledge of who the operators are?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Our next speaker is Senator Feighan followed by Deputy Troy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That can be asked of the Garda, if that would be helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have a question arising from Deputy Troy's contribution. The witnesses referred to operators in the red, amber and green categories. Do they have statistics on those that they can give us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: How many are in the green category?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry. Statistically, what is the percentage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Ninety per cent in the green.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: They are clear and top of the range in terms of compliance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Are they operators or buses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: In other words, if I am a red operator, I have red buses. That is why I am in the red category. I appreciate Senator Feighan has been patient. How does that compare with figures in other jurisdictions internationally?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: How do the RSA's figures vary, say, from-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: To put it a different way, and I appreciate it is not just a matter-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If we take the past five years, how do the reds, the greens and the ambers vary?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The RSA has it anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Looking at the statistics provided, it appears 873 vehicles were stopped by roadside checks in one year, which is roughly 15 per week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: There are 26 counties, so many buses are not being stopped. This is a huge issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The number of buses that are stopped and examined per week is less than one per county. I am not saying that is a fair way of looking at it but it seems like a very small number to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The point I am making is similar to one that was made earlier about-----