Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has considered the introduction of laws, similar to those that pertain in the USA, which requires motor cars to stop when a school bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35986/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that the Department of Education and Science, in conjunction with Bus Éireann, initiated a School Bus Flashing Lights pilot scheme in Ennis in January 2005 and proposed the extension of the pilot initiative to other areas.

Consideration of the creation of a road traffic requirement of the kind suggested by the Deputy will be informed by the outcome and evaluation of these pilot measures.