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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 85: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:50.—(1) The Authority may grant an exemption from the requirement of licensing regulations to a person proposing to operate a community transport service. (2) In order to be granted an exemption from the requirements of licensing regulations, the person proposing to operate a...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 86: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:51.—An approved community transport service provider shall keep and maintain records of bookings, payments from passengers and payments to approved volunteer drivers. These records shall be made available to the Authority upon request in writing by the Authority, not later than 21...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 87: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:52.—Where the holder of an exemption proposes to use vehicles or use the services of volunteer drivers other than those who are approved in the application for the exemption, the holder shall submit to the Authority for approval details of such vehicles or drivers to the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 88: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:“CHAPTER 2 Other exemptions from licensing regulations 53.—(1) The Authority may make regulations specifying categories or classes of vehicles or drivers or services to be exempted from the requirement under licensing regulations to hold a licence in respect of such...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 89: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:“CHAPTER 3 Administrative 54.—(1) Where the Authority proposes to refuse an exemption it shall by notice inform the applicant of the proposal and afford the applicant an opportunity to make representations, not later than 14 days of being informed by notice, to the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 90: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:55.—(1) The Authority may make regulations in relation to—(a) the regulation of the operation of a vehicle in providing a service under an exemption under this Part, including the operation of the vehicle by its driver, to provide for any or all of the following:(i) the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 91: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:56.—(1) An application for an exemption under this Part or the approval of any vehicle or volunteer driver under Chapter 1* shall be accompanied by such fee (if any) as the Authority determines to cover administrative expenses incurred in an application. (2) The Authority shall...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 92: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:57.—(1) An authorised person, for the purposes of ensuring the holder of an exemption is operating a community transport service in accordance with an exemption under Chapter 1* or another service in accordance with regulations under section 53** or who suspects a person is...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 93: In page 53, before section 48, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section:58.—(1) The Authority shall establish and maintain a register of exemptions (in this section referred to as the “register”) under this Part. (2) The register may be maintained in a form that is not legible if it is capable of being converted into legible form. (3)...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I understand the Deputy's point but I will not be accepting the amendment. The NTA is funded by the Exchequer by way of an administration grant and from revenue received from fees generated from the SPSV licensing activity. Under section 54 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003, as amended by the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009, income generated from fees that is surplus to the income...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I will not be accepting these amendments. The representation of SPSV, small public service vehicles operators, on the taxi advisory committee already provides the flexibility for representation from single and multiple licenceholders. These amendments do not improve the current provision in the Bill, which is a restatement of the statute under the Taxi Regulation Act 2003. Under amendment...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I will happily do that. I am involved in appointing the committee. The association to which Deputy Dooley referred has been included like every other grouping. Whether it took up that option is its own business. I will make sure there is adequate representation for full-time taxi drivers, dispatch services and multiple licenceholders. As I have said publicly on many occasions, my...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I cannot accept that proposal. It is at my discretion to put forward the committee membership. I am happy for the taxi representative groups to appear before the advisory committee. That would be a useful exercise, one which happened on one occasion in the past. Having said that, I will take on board the views of the Deputies.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: That is completely untrue.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I have no problem with this principle but it should not be prescribed in law. It is not necessary to put such a request into legislation.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I am supporting the spirit of the amendment. I have no issue with the Oireachtas transport committee calling in the taxi advisory committee for discussions. It just does not need to be in law.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 99: In page 59, subsection (2)(a), to delete lines 25 to 29 and substitute the following:“(iii) the preparation and review of the draft integrated implementation plan under section 13 of the Act of 2008 in relation to issues relevant to the small public service industry, and”.This is a drafting amendment to remove a reference that is no longer relevant.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 100: In page 60, before section 60, but in Part 8, to insert the following new section: “PART 9* AMENDMENT OF ACT OF 200860.—The Act of 2008 is amended—(a) in section 2—(i) by inserting after the definition of “Act of 2005” the following:“ ‘Act of 2009’ means Public Transport Regulation Act 2009;...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: Essentially, this is just to regularise some anomalies. Every member knows I have made significant and progressive changes to the provision of rural transport. I want to ensure a greater joining up of transport services across the country in order to deliver better services. I have received a lot of support from all parties and some good suggestions. In order to deliver better services,...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 101: In page 60, before section 60, but in Part 8, to insert the following new section:61.—Part 3 of the Act of 2008 is amended by—(a) by inserting after section 44 the following:44A.—(1) The Authority shall have the function to secure or provide public transport, and cycling, infrastructure in the State in relation to—(a) bus stops, bus...