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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I ask the Senator to allow Mr. Slye to respond to the questions raised as, otherwise, if they are not answered by 2 p.m., we will have to get them via the clerk to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: We will not get the answers if we do not allow Mr. Slye to continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Slye but I ask him to address Senator Byrne, Deputy Ó Caoláin and Senator Keane for the minute or so we have remaining. He can follow up with a detailed response, which the clerk can circulate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: There is obvious disagreement here. We just want to hear the answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: If the Senator supplies the questions, Mr. Slye will-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I apologise for this, but I am getting signals from out there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: On behalf of the committee, I thank all the witnesses and visitors for attending today. Obviously, the story is going to run a lot further than this. I thank the witnesses for their answers and the members for their engagement. The committee is to meet the County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee next Tuesday. As there is no other business, the joint committee is adjourned until 9.30 a.m....

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I welcome the opportunity to contribute briefly to this debate, which is timely. As stated by previous speakers, while much of the focus in the past three or four years has been on the large multinationals and foreign direct investment that has helped to rescue the country and provide 80,000 new jobs here, there is much that needs to happen under the radar. In my own constituency of Mayo,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payment on an agri-environment options scheme 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15957/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: We will now deal with pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the road traffic Bill 2015. The purpose of this part of this morning's meeting is to engage with representatives of AA Ireland as part of the committee's pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of the road traffic Bill. We will also hear from Ms Moyagh Murdock, CEO of the Road Safety Authority, RSA; Mr. Declan Naughton,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Faughnan who has given us a lot of food for thought. We will go straight to Ms Murdock who is speaking on behalf of the RSA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I thank Ms Murdock for her comprehensive presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: In terms of the discussion on the Bill last week, the issue of the practical implementation of it for smaller companies was mentioned. Ms Murdock just made reference to a business involving a husband and wife and in that scenario, does the husband test the wife and vice versa? If have just one truck, do I test myself? What is the situation there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: Yes, but the point was made that truck drivers do their CPC training and in doing that, they are guaranteeing competence and that they understand the rules and regulations and so forth. I am still not convinced about how this can be practically implemented by individuals and small companies in the industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: Which is more effective in residential areas - a 20km/h sign or a speed ramp?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: We have two final speakers offering, Senator Brennan and Deputy Tom Fleming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: The last few comments were concerned with road safety in general, but if the witnesses wish to respond to them briefly, rather than speak on the Bill, that would be welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: The Bill will now go through the House. In the presentations today and last week the significant need for education was mentioned. The one thing people always need and want is certainty on what they can and cannot do. Illicit drugs and prescription drugs were mentioned. If I have a bad flu and go to the local shop to buy a box of Panadol or Nurofen and to kill it straightaway I take four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

John O'Mahony: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. It has been a very informative discussion and will certainly feed into the report we will produce for the Minister on the issue. We will have further hearings.