Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That Dáil Éireann:

(1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport under Standing Order 114 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services - COM (2017) 647, which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 13th December, 2017, in accordance with Standing Order 114(3)(b);

(2) having regard to the aforementioned Report, and in exercise of its functions under section 7(3) of the European Union Act 2009, is of the opinion that the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services - COM (2017) 647 does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity for the reasons set out in section 4 of the Report; and

(3) notes that, pursuant to Standing Order 114(4), a copy of this Resolution together with the reasoned opinion and the aforementioned Report shall be sent to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.”

I wish to voice my disappointment and concern at the lack of urgency that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Minister, Deputy Ross, have given to this legislation.

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