Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has and the legal position in relation to booster seats for children travelling on school buses. [21178/07]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Safety Authority has informed my Department that the law in relation to the use of safety restraint systems in buses reflects the requirements in relation to these vehicles as set down in EU Directives 91/671/EEC and 2003/20/EC relating to the compulsory use of safety belts and child restraint systems in motor vehicles. The Directives do not require the provision of child restraint systems for children travelling on buses fitted with safety belts. Under the European Communities (Compulsory Use of Safety Belts and Child Restraint Systems in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 240 of 2006), occupants of buses who are 3 years of age or more must wear safety belts where they are fitted. All nominated buses operating within the school transport scheme are fitted with safety belts.