Bus Éireann school fleet to fit seat belts

ALL of Bus Éireann’s school buses will be fitted with seat belts for children returning to classes in the next month.

But private operators, who carry most of the 130,000 pupils on the school transport service, will also have to have seat belts fitted in their vehicles by the end of the year under contracts being agreed with Bus Éireann.

A spokesperson said the company is on target to have all 700 of its school bus fleet fitted with belts by September 1, as work continues on the contract worth around €3.4 million.