Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)

My good colleague and friend, Deputy McDaid, was doing a number of things in the Department. I am not too sure if he was in the Department at the time, but a HGV order was made in 1991 which had to be revoked in July of 2000. The Deputy will appreciate that where we put in place a regulation, whether on height or weight, we want to ensure we do not find ourselves in a situation where we bring forward a regulation and revoke it at a later date, as we have done previously. I want to ensure we proceed appropriately, correctly and consider related issues, including business competitiveness, rail safety, road safety, environmental considerations and the protection of our existing, costly infrastructure.

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