Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 33:

In page 40, line 13, after "injury" to insert the following:

"or extensive damage to railway infrastructure or rolling stock or the environment".

On Committee Stage Deputy Naughten made useful suggestions related to notification of railway accidents. These amendments are intended to address the issues raised by the Deputy. Amendment No. 33 which amends section 51(d) of the Bill addresses the issues raised by the Deputy in regard to notification of accidents which damage infrastructure etc., but borrows the language used in the EU railway safety directive, Directive 2004/49/EC. Amendment No. 34 provides that the Minister, as well as the commission, may also make the regulations mentioned in section 51(d). Amendment No. 35 addresses the issue of a timescale for notification of accidents to the investigation unit. The present text of the Bill requires that notification be made by the quickest practicable means. I am adding to this that the investigation unit may specify a timeframe within which such notifications must be given.

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