Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
308 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Education and Science with whom the responsibility lies for the well-being of children who are forced to stand on a public footpath or road while waiting on a school bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11132/04]
View answerResponsibility in any particular case will be determined by the circumstances of that case. However, in general, I am advised that where the operation of a school transport service according to timetable involves children being brought to school in the morning before normal time of commencement of school business or children waiting at school in the afternoon after conclusion of school business the board of management may be held liable in the event of an accident to pupils during the period intervening. A board may also be held liable if an accident occurs as a result of the board undertaking supervision of children while they are walking from the vehicle to the school or vice versa.
