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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 26:In page 15, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"Payment of fixed charge notice on service of summons 23.The Act of 2010 is amended by substituting for section 44 the following:"44.(1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána serves a person with a summons in respect of a fixed charge offence the member shall serve, or cause to be served, on the...

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 27:In page 15, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"Interpretation 24.The Act of 2010 is amended by substituting for section 47 the following:"47.(1) In this Part—'entry' has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1) of the Act of 2002; 'fixed charge' means the amount of a fixed charge prescribed under section 41; 'fixed charge notice' means a...

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 28:In page 15, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"Fixed Charge Offences - transitional provisions 25.The Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after section 49 the following:"49A.(1) Section 103 of the Principal Act and sections 19 and 20 of the Act of 2004 shall, notwithstanding section 49, apply to a fixed charge offence (within the meaning of section 103...

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 29:In page 16, line 5, to delete "unique identification mark” and substitute "vehicle registration number".

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

Shane Ross: I will address the amendments very briefly. Deputy Munster's amendment is almost identical to my amendment. The substance of it is already covered in the amendments I am proposing, which are more wide-ranging in various areas. Section 78A of the Road Traffic Act 1961 requires motor insurers to provide details regarding insurance policies to the Garda, the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland...

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 30:In page 16, line 6, to delete "and".

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 31:In page 16, line 8, to delete "policy."." and substitute "policy, and".

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 32:In page 16, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:"(g) the licence number, or permit number, of the driving licence, or learner permit, of the holder of a motor insurance policy and of any named driver whose driving is covered under the policy.".".

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

Shane Ross: What the Deputy says is correct. There is a lacuna here. Anybody who wanders around the streets of Dublin at night will see these groups and will be concerned about regulation. I will address the current situation. In response to the concerns being expressed by Deputy Munster, which are primarily safety issues, Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority, NTA, have obtained...

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

Shane Ross: That is the easiest question to answer; "Not in Ireland".

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

Shane Ross: All the Deputies have identified a problem and I should acknowledge that. It is right to say there is a problem. The reply I gave, which is that Dublin City Council and the NTA are looking at it, appears to me to fail somewhat to meet the justifiable impatience I sense at this meeting. There is a certain amount of concern, which I share. I will not include provisions in this Bill because...

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

Shane Ross: I agree that it would be possible but it would delay the Bill. Why not wait until Report Stage, when I will provide a report on where we are and on what are the possibilities? If we are going to delay the Bill now, it will have to go backwards and forwards and the whole Bill will be delayed. I assure the Deputies that we will address this and I will come back with where we are. We will...

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

Shane Ross: Sure.

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

Shane Ross: I do not think so.

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

Shane Ross: I do not dispute what the Deputy is saying. The point I am making is that the Bill deals primarily with urgent issues such as drugs and written-off vehicles. The Deputy has raised a specific issue, the urgency of which does not match the urgency of some of the others we are addressing in the Bill. I do not want the Bill to be delayed for months; I want to see enacted as soon as possible....

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 36:In page 16, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 22 of Road Traffic Act 2002 21. Section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 is amended— (a) by substituting for subsection (1) (inserted by section 63 of the Road Traffic Act 2010) the following:“(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts...

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

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 37: In page 17, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Amendment of Part 4 of First Schedule to Road Traffic Act 2002 - penalty points 22. (1) Part 4 of the First Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 2002 is amended by substituting the following for the entry at reference number 8: " Reference Number (1) Offence (2) ...

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

Shane Ross: I am puzzled by the amendment.

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

Shane Ross: As I said, I am puzzled by this proposal. It has been an offence since 2006 to hold a mobile phone while driving. Regulations were introduced in May 2014 by the then Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, which prohibited texting from hands-free mobile phones, for example, mobile phones held in a cradle on the dashboard. This addressed a loophole which had allowed...

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

Shane Ross: Yes; it has been an offence since 2006 to use a mobile phone while driving.