Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 16:

In page 13, to delete lines 23 to 26 and substitute the following: “(2) Any change in respect of the information which has been provided pursuant to subsection (1)(d) shall be notified by the owner to MIBI within 14 days of the change.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class C fine.”.

To consider the Bill further, these amendments relate to the requirement for fleet owners to provide the data I have just mentioned to the MIBI. We feel a system of penalties is required. There needs to be some enforcement mechanism for cases where fleet owners do not provide regular updates on the constituent vehicles. In this case, a class C fine is to be introduced, which is a fine up to a maximum of €2,500, to ensure compliance. Fleet owners will have 14 days to give details of changes in the composition of their fleets. This should be sufficient time. The fine is there to make sure the authorities have an enforcement mechanism, should they need it.