Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 14, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 28 of Act of 1993 (chairman and members of the Authority)

24.Section 28(1) of the Act of 1993 is amended in paragraph (d) by inserting “railway infrastructure,” after “in relation to roads,”.”.

The purpose of this provision is to enable the Minister to make grants to the NRA in regard to expenditure on regional and local roads. This is to cover, first, the regional and local road grants, which the NRA would be required to administer. It is a proposed amendment to section 28 of the Roads Act 1993, which relates to the appointment of members of the authority. The purpose of this amendment is to expand the areas of experience and competence members of the expanded NRA shall have or that members of the board of the expanded NRA shall have. The list will now include railway infrastructure to reflect the wider remit of the new body. The relevant subsection of the Roads Act 1993 would therefore read as follows: "Each member of the Authority shall be a person who in the opinion of the Minister has wide experience and competence in relation to roads, railway infrastructure, transport, industrial, commercial, financial or environmental matters, local government, the organisation of workers or administration".