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Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Regarding amendment No. 36a, the amendments to section 21 of the Bill are drafting amendments which provide greater clarity on the prohibition on providing SPSV services without the required licence. The principle of the provision is unaltered. Regarding amendments Nos. 52a and 56a, the amendments to sections 32 and 33 are consequential as a result of the drafting changes to section 21 to...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: I understand the Senator's motives.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Amendment No. 40 removes local authorities from the list of bodies set out in paragraph (c) the observations of which are to be considered by the NTA when consulting on maximum fares under section 23. The purpose of the amendment is to align paragraph (c) of the section with paragraph (a) which does not include local authorities. It is for the sake of consistency.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: The amendments will have the effect that the offence under section 24(10) on the failure by a person to comply with a request to move on by a member of the Garda Síochána - previously an "authorised person" - will now only apply under section 24(7), that is, to a driver or a person in charge of a vehicle which is not a taxi standing or parking at an appointed stand. Previously, the...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Amendments Nos. 48 to 51, inclusive, aim to rectify an omission in the Bill concerning the application of mandatory disqualification in the case of a person with a conviction for offences which correspond to the road traffic offences specified in section 28(3). For example, a person with a corresponding road traffic conviction from Northern Ireland who has an application for or holds a PSV...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: These amendments provide that demerits, under Part V of the Bill, will only apply to substantial breaches of the SPSV regulations under section 19. Representatives of the taxi industry indicated their concern about attaching demerits to minor breaches of SPSV regulations. Their view is that it could potentially, very quickly, lead to suspension of SPSV licences for what are minor matters...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Amendment No. 54 is a technical amendment and does not change the intended meaning of the provisions. It seeks to correct a typographical error in the cross-reference in section 33(1) to section 46, rather than section 47.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: This amendment is very technical in nature and provides for precision in the table on page 42 in section 33. It follows from the fact that offences under section 19(4)(a), for substantial breaches, and section 21 (5) or 21(6) of the Bill are not fixed payment offences and will therefore only incur demerits upon conviction before the courts.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: This is a drafting amendment to clarify and improve the wording of section 38. In paragraph 3(a), the word "premises" is changed to "place".

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: These are drafting amendments to clarify and improve the wording in section 38. In paragraphs 38(3)(g) and 38(3)(h), the amendment provides for the inclusion of records among the list of items that can be inspected or removed by item by authorised persons in the course of their enforcement duties.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Again, these are drafting amendments to provide for more precise text in section 43 by deleting the text, "or direction", in all instances where it occurs in the section. There is no provision in the Bill, as drafted, in respect of the issue of directions.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: These amendments will provide for an upper limit on the amount the National Transport Authority can prescribe as a fixed payment for any of the offences specified as such under section 46. In the case of fixed payment offences, under road traffic legislation the Minister prescribes the fixed payment amount which, in principle, should be a fraction of the fine on conviction for the offence,...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Again, these are drafting amendments to provide more precise text in section 48.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: I cannot accept these amendments. Amendments Nos. 67 and 68 are unnecessary and, therefore, not appropriate inclusions in the text of the Bill. Section 58 provides for balanced representation on the advisory committee, including representation of consumers, business and tourism. The Competition Authority is, in fact, represented on the committee. It is also a function of the authority,...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: The Senator just gave me the nod.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Having heard my answer, the Senator can give me the question.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: I genuinely do not doubt the Senator's sincerity, but I believe he is in a minority of one with regard to some of his views on this. I take on board everybody's views. To be fair with regard to the points the Senator has made during my four or five visits to this House, I have taken on board some of his comments and we have made a number of changes based on all of the comments made in the...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: Before concluding Report Stage, I ask the Acting Chairman to direct the Clerk of the Seanad, in accordance with Standing Orders, to make a correction to the Bill in order to rectify a technical printing error that occurred in the reprinting of the Bill as amended in committee. The correction is that section 15 should appear before section 14 in the order in which the sections are arranged.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: This question is about an Expressway commercial bus service. This is a commercial decision for Bus Éireann, as I am sure the Deputy is aware, and not one in which I have any role. However, I contacted the National Transport Authority for clarification, and the position is as follows. The NTA is responsible for securing the provision of public passenger transport services through...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)

Alan Kelly: I am glad to see Deputy Donnelly is interested in constituency issues. No doubt that is noted.