Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which and when it is proposed to implement EU Directive 2003/20/EC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21166/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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EU Directive 2003/20 requires seat belts to be used where they are fitted. This directive must be transposed into national law by 9 May 2006. The wearing of seat belts and the three for two rule are intrinsically linked, which means that school children who are travelling on buses equipped with seatbelts from next May will be provided with a single seat. Any additional vehicles required to address the capacity issue, arising from the abolition of the three for two seating arrangement on these buses, will also be required to have seat belts fitted.