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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“Repeal of Part 2 of Act of 2001 5. Part 2 (other than sections 11, 12, 13 and 25) of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 is repealed on the dissolution day.”. This is a technical amendment to provide for a new repeal provision in the Bill. The purpose of the new section is to...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 4:In page 6, to delete lines 31 to 34 and substitute the following:“(2) References—(a) to the dissolved body, in any enactment (other than this Act or an enactment mentioned in the Schedule) or any instrument made under an enactment, in so far as they relate to a function transferred by subsection (1), or (b) to a person that has been granted a railway...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:“(6) Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of any railway order granted to the dissolved body before the dissolution day, and any such railway order shall be read, on and after the dissolution day, as if granted to the Authority.”.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: No, this section does not refer to that issue. Section 13 makes reference to it.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: No. There is a process taking place through the Labour Relations Commission which is looking at the merger of the two organisations. Whether there is a loss of staff is a matter that is being discussed and will be resolved through that process, but I do not anticipate that there will be a significant change in numbers.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, after line 40, to insert the following:“(4) The Authority shall, not later than 6 months after the dissolution day, prepare and submit to the Minister the final annual report of the dissolved body, and the Minister shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, cause a copy of the final annual report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.”....

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 7:In page 9, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“12. The Minister may, following consultation with the Authority, by order specify a name, other than the National Roads Authority, by which the Authority may describe itself for operational purposes.”. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the Minister to specify by order any name, other than...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Sure. The name proposed in the Bill, as originally published, was the transport infrastructure service. That name did not meet with complete approval from everybody. Following discussions with the different bodies and people involved, it was decided that the new name to be adopted for operational purposes will be transport infrastructure Ireland. Amendment No. 7 allows me to specify the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 8:In page 9, to delete lines 9 to 14 and substitute the following:“(2) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association and approved by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, a person referred to in subsection (1) shall be subject to such terms and conditions of...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 9:In page 9, to delete lines 18 to 23 and substitute the following:“(a) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014; (b) the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001; (c) the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003; (d) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; (e) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012; (f) the Minimum...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 10:In page 10, line 32, to delete “to” and substitute “relating to the functions transferred to the Authority under section 6 to”. The purpose of section 18 is to allow the new body to provide advice and services to the Minister or other person on such terms and conditions as may be agreed. Amendment No. 10 is a technical drafting amendment...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 11:In page 10, line 33, to delete “for such advice or services” and substitute “for services”.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 12:In page 12, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“Insertion of sections 15B and 15C into Act of 1993 21.The Act of 1993 is amended by inserting after section 15A the following:“Power of Minister to specify national standards 15B.(1) The Minister may specify national standards in respect of the design, construction or maintenance of public...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 13:In page 12, to delete lines 32 and 33 and substitute the following:“ “(e) subject to section 15B(3)*, specify standards in relation to design, construction or maintenance works to be complied with by a person, road authority or public authority carrying out such works;”.”.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: It is proposed to delete section 22 as it is proposed the provision covered by the section will be included under the roads (No. 2) Bill to be introduced later this year. This arises from the recent decision to separate the road Bills into two distinct Bills. The purpose of the proposed section 22 provision is to enable the NRA to maintain as it sees fit national roads in respect of which...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 14:In page 14, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 28 of Act of 1993 (chairman and members of the Authority) 24.Section 28(1) of the Act of 1993 is amended in paragraph (d) by inserting “railway infrastructure,” after “in relation to roads,”.”. The purpose of this provision is to enable the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 15:In page 14, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“Insertion of section 51A into Act of 199325.The Act of 1993 is amended by inserting after section 51 the following:“Consultations with An Bord Pleanála before making of application under section 51 51A.(1) Where a road authority or the Authority, as the case may be, proposes to make an...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputies for raising those points. To begin with Deputy O'Donovan's points, when the Bill completes all Stages in the Dáil I will need to take it to the Seanad, as the Deputy is aware, and I hope to see it passed promptly enough. It will then be a matter for the body as to how it uses its powers. The reason I am making this change is to try to enable a planning process...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 16:In page 14, to delete lines 27 to 34 and substitute the following: "(b) request the Authority to, and if requested the Authority shall— (i) make grants to road authorities in respect of any or all of their functions under this Act or otherwise in relation to regional and local roads, or (ii) make payments to any person in relation to regional and local roads,...