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Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, subsection (3), lines 38 and 39, to delete "Minister and where" and substitute "Minister. Where". There is a mistake in how we submitted this amendment in the typed version and I hope it did not cause confusion. I do not know if it renders it void. We were seeking to delete the line-----

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: Our mistake is that the Bill reads "Minister and where" and we are seeking to substitute this phrase with "Minister. Where". The word "Minister" is redundant and the word "where" should be capitalised on line 38 in order that the sentence would read "Where an operator's licence is withdrawn or suspended, the operator shall...". The wording to be deleted is "an operator's licence is the...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: If the current practice is allowed to continue, whereby a person can sell a business with haulage licences thrown in for good measure, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 7: In page 10, subsection (2), line 20, after "licence" to insert the following: "or that the vehicle has been hired from the holder of an operator's licence". This amendment seeks to deal with the road passenger side. There has been a custom where a business is doing well and a person needs extra capacity, to lease or hire. In the passenger business they are called...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister's explanation. I just want to ensure an anomaly is not created whereby CIE would be entitled to have auxiliary services between, for example, Dublin and Galway, but its private sector competitors would not, because those vehicles would not be on their licence. I would be obliged if the Minister could clarify that.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 8: In page 10, subsection (3), line 26, to delete "without" and substitute "with". These are important documents which affect people's livelihood and they are offered "without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that he or she was an officer of the Minister". Is there larger proof that the documents are authentic, were properly...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for his explanation. I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 10: In page 10, lines 36 to 42, to delete subsection (5). The point of this amendment is that the Bill makes it an offence for the customer, bringing draconian penalties of €500,000 and imprisonment for three years. If I get a person to bring my milk to the creamery why should I merit that degree of penalty? I do not know whether it is normal for customers who engage...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: We could substitute another commodity but if a person carries it from my business or farm I will get a bill for €500,000 and an invitation to spend three years in Mountjoy Prison because I have engaged in a transport transaction. I will leave milk out in deference to the Senator but this penalty for a relatively innocent act by a member of the Barrett family seems out of all proportion.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the good news about inadvertent offences. I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: No, because it was an attempt to retain the penalties for the illegal operator while exempting the unwitting customer and that has been dealt with by earlier sections.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: No. The Minister and 1 are ad idem on the three-month provision. Amendment No. 12 not moved.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 14: 22. Carriage of passengers by undertakings engaged in the occupation of road transport using vehicles with a speed not exceeding 40 km/h in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1071/2009.". This amendment refers to a formulation contained in an EU document which does not apply to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road transport operators using vehicles with a...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: I agree with Senator Feargal Quinn that there should have been a more thorough approach adopted to the discussions on the budget. However, I accept the Leader's statement that this will happen next year. Some €12 billion in tax forgone, as estimated by Dr. Michael Collins of TCD, is taken out of the Exchequer each year, but these items have not been discussed. While other target items...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: I move recommendation No. 1: 1. In page 3, line 13, after " "€65,000,000"." to insert the following: "Subject to the following conditions: (a) the said expenditure shall be subject to a published appraisal in advance by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform indicating that the benefits to society as a whole exceed the costs and an ex post appraisal of the expenditure at the end of...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Every day realises the damage that banks have done to this country. In one sense, they have achieved political unanimity in the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform under the chairmanship of Deputy Alex White. Every member of the committee, from Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett to this Barrett, agrees that the banks do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: I would like the Leader to congratulate Dublin City Council on the decision it made last night. I particularly congratulate the residents of Clontarf on their success in preserving the amenities there. It is important to emphasise that politics does work from time to time. All three local Deputies, who represent different parties, supported the skilled campaign that was organised by the...

Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: I echo what other Senators have been saying, namely, this is a difficult time. The table on page D.18 of the documentation attached to the Minister for Finance's presentation in the Dáil this afternoon shows that tax revenue will rise from €34 billion in 2011 to €43 billion in 2015. This amounts to €9 billion over the five-year period. As Senator Gilroy said, these burdens will come...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: Senators will have noted that one Irish bank pays its executive on the basis of a 13 month year. The sector has difficulties with counting, as we have seen. I ask the Leader to request the Minister for Finance to inform the bank that we have been working on a 12 month year for a couple of millennia now and, more seriously, that none of the €2.4 billion we put into the bankrupt bank is to...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State. As always, it is a pleasure to debate matters with her. If I may take up some of the points she made in her speech, while she used the phrase "all political parties and most academics" on page 3 of her speech, we have never agreed with this policy and I will explain the reasons for that presently. The Minister of State said: "I have heard it said that a...