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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: As far as I know, every advanced paramedic or ENP is registered with the pre-hospital emergency care council, but the legal provision is that the provider must be registered.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 8: In page 17, line 14, to delete “and”.This amendment relates to commercial vehicle roadworthiness. I have proposed a number of amendments to the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 to tidy up some of the issues that have caused problems arising from the Act. The Act established the Road Safety Authority as the body...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: It should not have any bearing on the cost.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: They are being charged at present, but that is a separate issue.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 9: In page 17, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(e) in section 25(5)—(i) by inserting “, or another authorised officer acting on his or her behalf” after “he or she”, and (ii) in paragraph (b), by inserting “or CVR tester” after “CVR test operator”,(f) in section 34(1)(a), by inserting...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: I will also table minor amendments on Report Stage. I am not sure if members are familiar with road trains but I will be tabling an amendment relating to them on Report Stage.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: It will usually include paramedics, in some cases the Coast Guard and in others people who are registered as advanced paramedics with the pre-hospital emergency care council. I would be disinclined to take it too far because while we all want to ensure a doctor is not prosecuted on the way to an emergency, those people are not necessarily trained in how to drive or in defensive driving and...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: That applies if the doctor is on call, for example with KDoc or NowDoc. If the driver is registered and recognised by the pre-hospital emergency care council, he or she would be covered.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: If the provider is registered with the pre-hospital emergency care council.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: As far as I know, every advanced paramedic or ENP is registered with the pre-hospital emergency care council, but the legal provision is that the provider must be registered.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 8: In page 17, line 14, to delete “and”.This amendment relates to commercial vehicle roadworthiness. I have proposed a number of amendments to the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 to tidy up some of the issues that have caused problems arising from the Act. The Act established the Road Safety Authority as the body...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: It should not have any bearing on the cost.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: They are being charged at present, but that is a separate issue.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 9: In page 17, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(e) in section 25(5)—(i) by inserting “, or another authorised officer acting on his or her behalf” after “he or she”, and (ii) in paragraph (b), by inserting “or CVR tester” after “CVR test operator”,(f) in section 34(1)(a), by inserting...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: I will also table minor amendments on Report Stage. I am not sure if members are familiar with road trains but I will be tabling an amendment relating to them on Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: The subject matter of this question, namely the operation of the driving test, is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority.  I have therefore referred the question to the Authority for direct reply, and I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received in ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (12 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: Firstly I would like to explain that the improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993.  Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants.  I announced...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (12 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act ,1993.  Works on these roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded is also a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (12 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: Policy in relation to the future of Cork airport was decided by the Government in November 2012 in the context of the decision to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). The Government decided that the existing ownership of Cork Airport by the DAA would be maintained for the present. That decision is consistent with the report from Booz and Co. that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Leo Varadkar: There is no subvention paid directly by my Department in relation to public transport services. The award of Public Service Obligation (PSO) contracts falls under the independent statutory remit of the National Transport Authority (NTA), which has direct responsibility for this area. The total Public Service Obligation (PSO) subvention payable to the NTA in...