Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 20:

In page 26, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:

"Amendment of section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994

32. Section 35(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1994 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (l):“(l) specifying, or authorising specified road authorities by resolution to specify, the places in which vehicles may be parked either indefinitely or for any period not exceeding a specified period; and to provide for the ability of specified road authorities to either wholly or partially review, amend or abolish such resolutions at any time.".".

During discussion on this amendment on Committee Stage the Minister said that what I am seeking to achieve by way of this amendment is provided for by way of statutory instrument. The local authority with which I have been dealing was not aware that it had the power to partially revise a by-law. Putting in place a full set of by-laws can be very problematic. The Minister undertook on Committee Stage to notify the local authorities of this power. My main motivation in tabling this amendment is to find out from the Minister if he has done so.

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