Dáil debates

Tuesday, 11 October 2005

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage (Resumed).

 

5:00 pm

Photo of Olivia MitchellOlivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 97:

In page 50, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:

"(h) requirements to avoid accidental obstruction of railway infrastructure by road vehicles by establishing——

(i) criteria for the apportionment of responsibility and cost of improvements to be made at locations where roads meet, cross or run close to railways,

(ii) guidelines on enhanced risk assessments and physical measures to reduce risk of vehicles accidentally leaving the road and obstructing railway infrastructure,

(iii) reporting mechanisms to identify relevant information on incidents involving vehicles, which obstruct railway infrastructure,".

I want to make a case for this amendment, which refers to situations—

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