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Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This is what being part of a team is all about.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The officials to my right are from my Department and another is from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government because of the planning implications. It is not a mystery that my Department would want to ensure the Bill's passage through the House when other Ministers are unavailable. The Bill is the Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill. As Deputy...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: -----and because of my strong commitment to the Smarter Travel policy document that we published. Given the policy's possibilities for Galway city and provided the outer bypass is put in place, Galway could be the country's most sustainable city. This is a marvellous opportunity and I am committed to trying to ensure it is taken. In terms of the list referred to by Deputy McCormack, it...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy is correct. It is section 217(6), and it refers specifically to local authorities. I do not want to enter any notes of rancour on this because we are getting a good deal of co-operation. I said Deputy McCormack was a pessimist, but that just means someone who looks at things in a very black way. I did not cast any aspersions on his commitment to the people of Galway. I would...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: As regards section 1, and the 30 days or the 18 months, it is a question of whichever is the lesser. However, after 18 months it has to go to the courts and the reason for this is to ensure proportionality and fairness for people who may still have objections. The compulsory purchase order regime has been very carefully balanced over time. One cannot just issue CPOs willy-nilly around the...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The amendment of section 217 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is mentioned at the outset. That is the reference and the framework for it.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The advice from the Attorney General is that we let the Bill go through as drafted. There would have to be an commencement order for that provision but it will not be commenced. When the planning and foreshore Bill comes through in the autumn, it will be deleted from the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: No. The planning Bill will not supersede the 2000 Act. It may amend certain parts of it, as will this Bill, but the 2000 legislation will remain the Principal Act.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Yes.

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: An earlier signature motion will be passed by the Seanad tonight, after the Bill has passed here. The Bill will then go to Áras an Uachtaráin for the President to sign, of which she has been informed.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Many of these amendments from the Seanad are small and technical adjustments to the Bill. As road traffic legislation attracts the most litigation, we want to make this Bill as watertight and as accurate as possible. Seanad amendment No. 1 adds the definition of "category" to the list to provide clarity where the term is used in the definition of "specified persons".

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This amendment proposes to extend the categories of licence for the definitions of specified persons associated with an offence under sections 4 and 5. I want to add categories C and C1, drivers of rigid trucks, to the other categories defined as "specific persons", as they were excluded in an oversight.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This amendment provides more clarity and plain English to section 3(2).

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This amendment provides more clarity. "Use in the course of business" is a more modern phrase.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: It is. If I understand the Deputy correctly, he is saying that if a specified person is working, a different limit applies to him or her than if he or she was on holidays or otherwise not plying his or her trade. That is not what this is about; rather, it changes an old way of describing-----

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Yes.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This is not part of the group of amendments that were to be discussed together.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This section was the subject of much debate at various Stages in the Dáil and Seanad and a number of suggestions were made, which we have considered and which are reflected in the Bill. At all times we were conscious of the importance of taking legal advice on various aspects of the Bill; if I was not conscious of it before we started discussing the Bill, I certainly became so, because Acts...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I thank the Deputies for their comments. I concur with Deputy Coveney with regard to the reason this was included as it was. I have mentioned that this is somewhat inelegant in the way it is drafted, but we tried to tidy it up to make it clear. I am told that from the legal perspective we should generally ensure "may" matches "may" and "shall" matches "shall" and so on and so forth....

Road Traffic Bill 2009: From the Seanad (7 Jul 2010)

Noel Dempsey: What that means is that the person must follow the instruction given by the garda on how to blow into the breathalyser. Due to the litigious nature of this legislation, gardaí are given training and instructions on how to instruct the person how to breathe into the breathalyser. Some Members have had the experience and know that the garda tells the person to breathe into the breathalyser...