Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport the Act or Statutory Instrument which requires the use of booster seats in cars carrying children. [30541/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The European Communities (Compulsory Use of Safety Belts and Child Restraint Systems in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 240 of 2006) requires, inter alia, that children travelling in cars and goods vehicles must be restrained in appropriate child restraints. A booster seat would be an appropriate restraint for children in the 15 to 25 kilogram weight range. The regulations transpose EU Directive 2003/20/EC relating to the compulsory use of safety belts in motor vehicles into Irish law.