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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 8:In page 13, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following:“(a) in subsection (2)(b)(ii), by inserting “a copy of the notice” before “served personally”, (b) in subsection (3), by substituting for paragraph (b) the following:“(b) the person may make to the relevant company or the Minister, as the case may be, at the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes. Under section 47 of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014, a driver of a vehicle is obliged to remove a vehicle which is parked at an airport in contravention of a provision of airport by-laws if he or she has been requested to do so by an authorised officer. Section 47(4) sets out that it is an offence not to comply with the request of the authorised officer. The purpose of...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 9:In page 13, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Declaration - airport6. Section 27A (inserted by section 51 of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014) of the State Airports Act 2004 is amended in subsection (1) by inserting “or an offence under section 47(4) of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 for a contravention of subsection...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No.10:In page 13, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“COTIF to have force of law in State7. (1) In this section “Convention” means the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980 appearing in the Annex to the Protocol of 3 June 1999 for the Modification of the Convention concerning International Carriage by...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: No. They are very much separate matters. A process under way on the fourth railway package is looking at the organisation of rail markets across Europe and the potential tendering for them. I dealt with this issue at a Transport Ministers Council meeting a few months ago. I made it very clear that owing to the way the Irish rail market was organised, its size and geographical isolation, I...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 11:In page 3, line 6, after “2005,” to insert “section 66 of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001,”.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 12:In page 3, line 6, to delete “section 27” and substitute “section 27 and 27A”.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish everybody here a happy Christmas and thank the Chairman and his staff for their co-operation during the year on many pieces of legislation and many discussions.

Other Questions: Cross-Border Projects (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Integration of our ticketing systems is very much a long-term objective but engaging and co-operating better in terms of how tickets are made available in either jurisdiction undoubtedly would be of benefit. With regard to senior citizens travel, that will have to flow from the potentially successful conclusion of the discussions that are under way, but that can only happen if agreement...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I was simply pointing to what is being done and the big changes that have been secured. I am also acknowledging what needs to be done. As opposed to going through the material I shared with the Deputy earlier, I will outline new information in this regard. With regard to our bus fleet, I propose to establish a green bus fund for the period 2017-20 to support the purchase of cleaner and...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The investment in our road network is intended to make it safer in many cases and to join up facilities, assets and cities that need better connectivity. I thank the Deputy for acknowledging that we are making progress in the public transport sector. I accept we need to make more progress and I have outlined how we are working on that. However, it is also important to acknowledge the big...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I hope the Deputy accepts that many of the public transport services to which I have referred will have to use the roads in which we are investing. Bus Éireann buses will have to use the roads we are upgrading. The Deputy can talk to the company's managers about the needs they have in the context of improving our road infrastructure in order that public transport can work better....

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: She should travel the road between Cork and Kerry we are looking to upgrade, via the Ballyvourney to Macroom project, and see the difference that could be made to road safety. She should also visit Deputy Pringle's constituency and examine the road projects that have been welcomed there. They all address road safety. One of the points the Deputy is missing in the question she has put is...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all the Senators for the different points they have made regarding the amendments before the House. At the outset, I wish to clarify what this Bill is and is not about, and to outline the work that has taken place to date in respect of the Bill and I might offer some context as to how the Government has reached this point with this Bill. Work and consultation regarding national port...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Very well, I will talk about each port but I will talk about Waterford for a moment to make clear it is not the kind of port that will be moving into a local authority structure. I simply wish to emphasise that point. Likewise, while I acknowledge Senator Barrett appreciates this point on some of the ports to which he referred, I wish to make clear regarding the proposals for the Port of...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, five ports handle 90%, much of which is entirely due to the kind of changes to which Senator Barrett referred, namely, the kind of changes that have taken place in the economy and in markets to which Ireland is exporting or from which it is importing. If one considers the 10% of tonnage that is not handled by the aforementioned top five ports, out of that 10%, 4% is now handled by the...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Senators for their comments. Due to the level of consultation and the degree of work around this policy and this Bill, the national ports policy is in quite a rare position within the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport as being endorsed by both IBEC and ICTU. Senators made reference to the ability of ports to respond to economic opportunities and I could not agree more....

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, the Senator asked a direct question. In relation to all employees, their terms and conditions are protected by this Bill. They will transfer in on the terms and conditions they have at present. That was the feature of the consultation that took place in the run-up to publication of the Bill. In relation to some of the other matters to which the Senator has referred in regard to the...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: No. I genuinely believe not. The reason is that for those companies we are going to transfer through which will have a significant commercial activity in front of them, we will be transferring those as a separate company. They may well be in a place where the share is owned by the local authority but they will be a separate company under company law. That is the way in which that matter...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I assure Senator Walsh that section 9(1)(c) requires the consent by resolution of the elected council which is in line with the powers local authority members have in other financial matters. It is entirely consistent. On the point that Senator O'Neill put to me, the valuation of the shares would have to take place via expert advice that would have to be procured at that time. Anything...