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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: We will now embark on pre-legislative scrutiny on the general scheme of the road traffic Bill 2015. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with representatives of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann as part of this committee's pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of the road traffic Bill 2015. On behalf of the committee I welcome Mr. Paddy Doherty, CEO and Mr. Phil Donohue, head of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank both the witnesses for their opening statements and I call Deputy Dooley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: It did not appear as an item on the agenda. There may be many members of this committee who are not aware of Deputy Dooley's proposal and there may be many members of the Oireachtas who are interested in having the same discussion but are not aware of the Deputy's proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: It does not appear on the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: This is a pre-legislative scrutiny meeting. It is quite defined and specific.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: That was never an item on the agenda and it has not been flagged as one. Other Members of the Oireachtas and other members of this committee may have been interested but they have not been notified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: There are one or two problems. First, as I have said, it is not an agenda item, so other members who may have been interested have not been notified. The second point is would we then have to bring the unions in? Let us be clear about this now. This is what I am concerned about. This is not a judgment committee, court, labour court, labour relations commission, or anything else. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: My concern, which I hope the members of the committee will accept, is that if we take the management side in a dispute we would be open to having to take the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: Does Mr. Nolan have an opinion or wish to make a statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: If that is agreed we will continue. Does Mr. Nolan remember what Deputy Dooley's questions were on pre-legislative scrutiny?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: The submissions of the companies and their major concern relate to testing for intoxicants. Other parts of the pre-legislative scrutiny take in many headings, for example, roadworks and speed limits. How would this impact on the business? Do the companies have any issues apart from intoxicants to which they wish to refer, such as drivers and mobile telephone use?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: Like the other members, I welcome the officials and the clarification and booklet on the different types of eligibility. If one looks at the situation from the area where I come from in west Cork which was particularly hard hit by the eligibility issue, where the farmers stand now and what is ahead of them, more than 33,000 over-claim letters have gone out from the Department. Many of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (28 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer (details supplied) in County Cork was overpaid in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16248/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (28 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 253. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease on the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16352/15]

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: In contempt of court.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: Rightly so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: I apologise for leaving the meeting earlier but I had to attend another meeting. At our meeting with the Medical Bureau of Road Safety we discussed the issue of drug testing. People are escaping conviction on technicalities in the alcohol testing system, which everybody acknowledges is very well defined in terms of technology, equipment and legislation. Given the complexity of drug...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (21 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 2 April 2015, if he will now amend the scheme to also include Sherkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15409/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the officials from the Department and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and thank them for their presentations. Regarding the distracted driving section in the Bill, the Garda has stated that it is difficult to bring a prosecution for texting, for example. Under this legislation, however, even texting on a device in a handheld cradle will be covered. Increasingly, mobile...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: Did the Department get legal advice on that particular point?