Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That, pursuant to Standing Order 154, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that it has power to make provision in the Bill:

(a) to amend the Road Traffic Act 2016 to repeal section 39;

(b) to amend the Road Traffic Act 2010 to rectify certain technical errors in sections 13A and 13B;

(c) to amend the Road Traffic Act 1994 to provide for detention of by An Garda Síochána of vehicle being driven by an unaccompanied learner driver; and

(d) to amend the Road traffic Act 1961 to provide for an offence by the owner of a mechanically propelled vehicle which is driven by an unlicensed driver or by a learner driver who, contrary to regulations, is not accompanied by a qualified driver;

and for consequential amendment of the Long Title to reflect the content of the Bill.

During the earlier stages of the Bill I indicated my intention to bring forward a number of amendments. In particular I gave a commitment to rectify the errors in the measures inserted by the Oireachtas into the Road Traffic Act 2016, which was meant to create an offence for the owner of a vehicle where that vehicle was driven by an unaccompanied learner driver. I also committed to introducing an amendment to enable an Garda Síochána to detain vehicles driven by unaccompanied learner drivers. These measures, together with a few technical amendments which I am proposing, necessitate an alteration to the Long Title so that it will encompass the Road Traffic Acts 2016, 1994 and 1961.

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