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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 7:In page 6, line 29, after "it" to insert "and where the drug has not impaired the person's driving ability". This is a technical amendment to clarify that a person with a medical exemption certificate will not be permitted to operate if he or she is impaired by the drug.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I wish to press the amendment.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: The Minister was talking about alcohol-related offences. I am talking about items on prescription and persons with a medical exemption certificate. Whatever is prescribed-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I believe there is logic behind it. I would like to press it. When we come to my amendment No. 9, I think it is very restrictive in what it identifies. It is worthy of having people who are impaired while on prescription drugs included.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: If it is crystal clear in the 2010 Act, I had not seen it.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I will check that out and we can revert to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 9: In page 7, to delete lines 12 to 21 and substitute the following: " Reference Number (1) Drug (2) Level (units in whole blood) (3) 1 benzoylecgonine 50µg/L 2 cocaine 10µg/L 3 delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (cannabis) 2µg/L ...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I know that but what we have before us at the moment, namely, only cannabis, cocaine and heroin, is fairly restrictive given the rise in the use of amphetamines and all the other drugs that we know can impair driving. While I acknowledge what the Minister has said about extending the list, I believe that this the time to try to incorporate as many of those drug types as possible. It is...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 20:In page 15, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 2 of Road Traffic Act 2004 18. The Road Traffic Act 2004, is amended in section 2, by the insertion of the following definitions:" 'housing estate' means an area consisting of a self-contained group of dwellings with a single or multiple entry points for mechanically propelled vehicles;...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I will not withdraw it. I understand much of what the Minister said. However, part of the problem, the frustration and the danger arises from the local authorities not taking action to install proper traffic-calming and safety measures within residential estates. To be fair to local authorities, the big stumbling block is the lack of funding received to implement these road safety...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Will we have it before Report Stage?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I will hold off solely on the basis that we get the report.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 21:In page 15, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: "18. Section 9(2) (as amended by section 86 of the Act of 2010) of the Road Traffic Act 2004 is amended by the subsection for paragraph (a) of the following:"(a) There shall be a speed limit of:(i) 20 kilometres per hour, which shall be applied in respect of a road within an area defined under local...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: It was merely for clarity. It is amendment No. 20 in the context of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. I am looking for the Act to be amended, in section 20, by the insertion of the following: "The Authority may make regulations, to be known as non-motorised passenger transport regulations, in relation to the operation of non-motorised passenger transporters in towns and cities.", and "...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Is the Chairman talking about the rickshaw amendment?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: This is my first time doing that.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: It is pending the report from the Minister, as I said earlier.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Under what section will that be, so that I can re-propose this?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I had an amendment, it is just an add-on, for amendment No. 22. It is filling in the gap that is identified in law in regard to the use of a mobile phone while driving.