Written answers

Tuesday, 16 October 2007

Department of Education and Science

School Transport

10:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the children of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allowed back on the school bus service with a booster seat; if those children will be allowed to use that service with a booster seat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23386/07]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is possible to allow children (details supplied) in County Mayo to use a booster seat when availing of school transport, on a pilot scheme basis. [23387/07]

Photo of Seán HaugheySeán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 and 421 together.

The Deputy will be aware from my response to Parliamentary Question No. 736, that 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 and all pupils travelling on these vehicles are obliged by law to wear the belts provided.

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