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

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(i) by substituting for the definition of “public transport infrastructure” the following:

“ ‘public transport infrastructure’ means infrastructure constructed or provided, or proposed to be constructed or provided, in connection with the provision of public passenger transport services, which includes but is not limited to railway infrastructure, metro railway infrastructure, light railway infrastructure, bus infrastructure, rolling stock, buses, busways, bus lanes, bus garages, cycleways, cycle and pedestrian facilities, interchange facilities or such other class of infrastructure, facility, building or vehicle, whether of the same kind as the aforementioned or not, which the Authority has prescribed to be public transport infrastructure under section 44(13);”,”.

The purpose of this amendment is to substitute a new definition of public transport infrastructure. The definition is being amended to expressly provide that it includes bus infrastructure, including bus lanes. The present definition, which is not exhaustive, contains express reference to railway, metro and light railway infrastructure and can be expanded by regulations made by the National Transport Authority, NTA. It is considered that the inclusion of bus infrastructure in the main definition will complete the references to the transport spectrum in connection with the provision of public passenger transport services.