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Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: I wish to share time with Deputy McCormack. Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle will let me know when seven minutes have expired.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: First, I am looking forward to taking over the transport brief.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister is fine. I am sure he has a lot on his mind. I look forward to working with the Minister and his Department on transport issues generally. On this particular issue, I was somewhat taken aback today when Members were asked to take this legislation. It is not good practice, as the Minister probably will accept, to introduce legislation the Opposition does not have an opportunity...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: On a point of information, are the officials who are in attendance from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or Transport? I am trying to understand which Department as opposed to which Minister is dealing with this legislation.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: There are 100 amendments to the legislation.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: I have a brief question on section 1. I raised a point on Second Stage about this applying only to local authorities. There is nothing in the Bill, or in section 1, that makes reference to this section applying only to local authorities. Am I correct in assuming that section 217 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 refers only to local authorities? Is that correct, just for...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: It is 30 days after the legal proceedings have concluded.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill will supersede the Planning and Development Act 2000 when enacted. This Bill will amend section 217(6) of the same Act.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Does section 217(6) of the 2000 Act still stand?

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: They are not all related.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: No, for time purposes we should take them together but not pretend they are all related.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: I wish to comment on this amendment.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Yes.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: This is the most substantial amendment from the Seanad. Although I am new to this legislation, that is my reading of it. I do not think we will see another amendment later that is more substantial. Essentially, this does away with the option for a garda who does not have a breathalyser when attending a collision of telling the person to go home. It requires the garda to obtain a...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Can the Minister clarify the difference between the new and old wording? Does it concern the medical tests? I have read both wordings and have had to read them a second time to see a difference. I assume it was just a legalistic issue in terms of wording. Is there a substantive difference between the two wordings in the context of the responsibility of a doctor or nurse? Both wordings...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: I understand where the Minister is coming from in this amendment. We must legislate to require mandatory testing at the scene of an accident, because we owe it to the people who may have been injured in that accident and to the families concerned to ensure that in a subsequent legal case, autopsy or whatever, we are able to establish the facts. The key period following an accident is the...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: I am conscious that I have joined the debate towards the end of the passage of significant legislation. I thank my colleague, Deputy McEntee, who cannot be present. He has put a great deal of work into making a constructive contribution to the legislation. There was significant difficult internal debate in my party and in Fianna Fáil on this Bill and there was intense lobbying,...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of units and passenger capacity of each LUAS line, the DART system, the Arrow and other suburban rail and the Dublin Bus fleet annually since 2005 to date in 2010. [31594/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport the total passengers carried and fares collected by each of the LUAS lines, the DART, the Arrow and other suburban rail and by the Dublin Bus fleet in 2005, 2006 and 2007. [31595/10]

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (8 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of Terminal 2 to date in 2010; the expected final cost; if it is on track to open in November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31598/10]