| Number | Tabled Date | Amendment Text |
| 1 | 28/05/2025 | Leave out all after ‘pupils;’ and insert:
‘recognises the need for a broader and more comprehensive approach to improving the safety of children travelling to and from school, particularly at roadside locations and in rural areas where road layouts may increase risk; acknowledges that this requires more than legislative change alone; calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to work alongside the Minister of Education, school transport providers, the PSNI and other stakeholders to bring forward a cross-departmental strategy to improve pupil safety, including measures such as the development of safer school bus stop infrastructure, increased use of warning signage and lighting, public awareness campaigns targeted at drivers, and improved guidance for schools and parents on safe travel practices; and further calls on the Minister to review existing legislation and consider any changes required to better protect all pupils travelling to and from school.
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| 2 | 29/05/2025 | Leave out all after ‘increase risk;’ and insert:
‘acknowledges the Minister for Infrastructure’s commitment to improving road safety around buses through the launch of an advertising campaign on school buses and at bus stops, to warn and remind drivers of the dangers when driving close to school buses; welcomes the roll-out of a third tranche of part-time 20mph speed limits at additional schools; further notes the Minister’s commitment to consider 20mph speed limit zones in residential areas and to review speed limits generally; further recognises the Minister’s commitment to bring forward legislation to improve road safety around school buses; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to model this legislation on best practice in other jurisdictions.’
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