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Nine News: Sandra Hurley reports that extra staff are being brought in by the HSE to deal with a backlog back-to-school payments in the west and midwest
Some 80,000 vests are being distributed to all new junior infants.
The Road Safety Authority has asked parents, guardians and teachers to make road safety a priority as the new school year approaches.
The initiative is being sponsored by the ESB.
RSA CEO Noel Brett said: 'Every year, we remind parents and guardians to make sure that road safety is a priority on their child's back-to-school checklist and this year is no different.
'Children are the most vulnerable of our road-users, so it is really important that they are streetwise about road safety.'
