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Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I fundamentally disagree with the Minister. While he refers to responsibility to do this, that and the other, including programmes, activity and so on, it is precisely because people have all these responsibilities that there is a need to keep a clear focus on a strategy. There is no reference to a strategy in the legislation. The Minister talks about programmes and the fact that the Minister...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: There was no strategy in 2003.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: This cannot depend on individual theories. It must be in the legislation.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: This is the principal matter.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should not belittle the argument we are making.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I do not know why the Minister does not agree to specifying that role for the road safety authority, so that it would take responsibility for the entire area. It is all very well for the Minister to wring his hands now and say the situation is disgraceful and indefensible. There is no doubt it is indefensible, but the situation in the driver testing section of the Minister's Department has...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: One needs technology to do that.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It is not all the union's making.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: What about the accuracy of existing numbers?

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I support the amendment because it is important that the Bill clearly specifies the functions of the new authority, although I accept the Minister's undertaking to provide for this matter in the next road traffic Bill. I wish to add to the point I made yesterday in respect of driving schools. In the United Kingdom it emerged that while individual driving instructors were licensed and...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It is a practice that must be eliminated. Driving schools must be regulated by the road safety authority. Having missed an opportunity to provide for this in the Bill, I hope the Minister will do so at the earliest opportunity in other legislation.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: There is more to this issue than instructors.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The position in the UK has changed. I will send the Minister more up-to-date information on legislation there.

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset, on my behalf and on behalf of the Labour Party, I extend our sympathies to the family of Michael White and to the families of all those who were injured and traumatised in this tragedy. I was interested in the Minister's statements on "Prime Time" last night in respect of the licensing regime for coaches used for school runs. This is the second school bus-related tragedy within...

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Have I misquoted the Minister?

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I apologise for misquoting the Minister. For clarification, the driver was licensed——

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: For another vehicle.

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Very well.

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister confirming that the vehicle in question was not registered under anyone's licence?

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It was not registered under this person's operator's licence. I am concerned that the legislation covering the area of registration is outdated. Can the Minister confirm that the 1932 Act has not been updated? The penalties involved would not act as a deterrent. A penalty of €70 for contravening the Act highlights the need to update the legislation urgently. Is the Minister aware whether...