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State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 6:In page 30, lines 23 and 24, to delete “he or she had left service” and substitute “his or her service had terminated”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 7:In page 30, line 24, to delete “pension” and substitute “benefit”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 8:In page 31, lines 8 and 9, to delete “they had left service” and substitute “his or her service had terminated”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 9:In page 31, line 10, to delete “pension” and substitute “benefit”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 10:In page 31, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(2)Where the trustees of the IAS scheme, acting honestly and reasonably, exercise the powers conferred on them under subsection (1)(a), they and the IAS scheme shall be discharged from any obligation to provide benefits attributable to service in the IAS scheme on and after the date of cessation of...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 11:In page 31, line 22, to delete “(2) Where” and substitute “(3) Where”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 12:In page 31, line 29, to delete “(3) In” and substitute “(4) In”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 13:In page 31, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(5)Where the trustees of the IAS scheme exercise the powers conferred on them under subsection (1)(a), the revaluation of preserved benefits under the IAS scheme in accordance with section 33 of the Pensions Act 1990 shall cease and thereafter no further revaluation of IAS scheme benefits shall...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 14:In page 31, to delete lines 31 and 32 and substitute the following:“(6)Subsections (1) and (5) come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either on the same day or, with reference to a particular subsection, on different days.”.”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I will not accept these amendments, on the basis that there are already sufficient powers in existing legislation. While I appreciate the intent of the Deputies in wishing to restate the powers of authorised officers to search aircraft and conduct interviews, there has not been sufficient time to discuss them with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Justice and...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I do not have much to add. I reiterate that this section applies to all of the airports, not just to Shannon. What we are doing here is updating and restating the existing powers of authorised officers at the airports. The powers of officers are set out in several different Acts dating from 1973 to 2004. Some of the language used in those earlier Acts does not reflect modern usage and...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: 5 o’clock I move amendment No. 24:In page 42, line 16, to delete “An” and substitute “the”.This is a technical amendment replacing "An Garda Síochána" with "the Garda Síochána".

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 25:In page 47, line 6, to delete “to insert” and substitute “by inserting”.This is a minor technical amendment substituting the words "to insert" with "by inserting".

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 26:In page 50, to delete line 1.These are both technical amendments and are related. The word "and", which links paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 55, is in the wrong place and should be between paragraphs (c) and (d). The two amendments delete the word "and" after paragraph (b) and insert it in its correct position after paragraph (c). Amendment No. 26 deletes the...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move amendment No. 27:In page 50, between lines 13 and 14 to insert “and”.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Fifth Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I thank all Members who contributed to the debate for their kind words and candour as well as for doing the important job of parliamentarians, which is to hold Government to account, point out flaws in Bills and propose improvements to them. I am genuinely grateful for that. The journey with Shannon began some three years ago when the initial decision was taken to separate it from the other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The table below sets out the appropriations in aid for 2014, the majority of which is made up of receipts from the Local Government Fund which may, under the relevant statutes, be applied to roads and public transport.   - Subhead 2014 Estimate €000 F.1 Receipts from Pension Related Deduction on Public Service Remuneration 4,631 F.2 Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) Refund of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policy Reviews (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: A review of tourism policy commenced in August 2013 and will be finalised later this year. The review is being fully undertaken within my Department with no outside consultants involved. Accordingly, any costs associated with the Tourism Policy Review will not be significant and will only relate to incidental expenses such as printing.  The draft of a new national aviation policy was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information that the Deputy seeks is available in the 2014 Revised Estimates for Public Services, which was published on 18 December 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Training (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Training and development courses can be broadly broken down into two categories: third level academic courses under the refund of fees scheme and courses related to developmental needs of individual officers. Demands for the first category for the 2014/15 academic year have yet to be determined. Demand for the second category is generated under the Performance Management and Development...