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Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: What about the young men killed on the roads?

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It is. We agree.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister said any fair assessment would show progress is being made. The only valid way of assessing road safety is by examining the figures, and the figures are going in the wrong direction. The numbers of fatalities and serious injuries are increasing. That is the only yardstick we can use. More lives are being lost, therefore, and the performance across a range of areas is not...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: They may defer the test and then cancel it later in the year and do so every year. As the IT system is such a shambles, that driving test slot is simply lost. Those slots should be filled by people genuinely trying to pass a test and get their full licence as quickly as possible. This loophole means that provisional licence holders need never take a driving test and can drive legally for the...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should move to close off the loophole and this is the opportunity to do so.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: A person can grow old waiting for a driving test in this country.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 25: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "5.—Where a person who holds a full driver's licence is convicted by a court of an offence under section 49 or 50 of the Principal Act or an offence of driving without due care and attention or careless or dangerous driving or dangerous driving causing death, the person shall (upon the expiry of such, if...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: He releases the press statement and fails to follow through. The amendment provides for a system whereby a person who is found guilty of a serious traffic offence, as part of the penalty in addition to paying a fine or serving a prison sentence, he or she would need to resit the driving test. In the case of very serious traffic offences it is justified. I urge the Minister to support the...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 26: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "5.—Where a person has been convicted of an offence under section 49 or 50 of the Principal Act, the court sentencing that person may direct that following the expiry of the period of disqualification imposed on the person, the person may not drive or attempt to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle for...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I accept what the Minister has said and will withdraw the amendment on the basis that there is an undertaking to include it in the next step.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 36: In page 9, line 44, to delete "4" and substitute "5". The purpose of these amendments is to increase the disqualification periods for the most serious offences as well as dangerous driving. I hope the Minister will accept them.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister said I am seeking that the period be changed from two years to five years, but I am not. The Bill as drafted provides for a period of disqualification that is not less than four years for a first offence and six years for a second offence. I suggest that instead of four and six years, it should be five and ten years.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 42: In page 12, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "8.—The speed limit on any non-national road in respect of which a local authority has not specified any alternative limit, whether before or after the commencement of this section, is 60 kilometres per hour.". I feel strongly that the default speed limit on our roads is too high at 80 km/h. Given that...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 43: In page 12, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "8.—(1) Where road works are being carried out by any person including a local authority, the person shall erect and maintain such signs as comply with requirements prescribed by the Minister for Transport, and such further or other road work signs if any as are required to obviate any danger to the public....

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: That is a cheap shot.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I am satisfied with the Minister's reply and I withdraw the amendment.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I have some sympathy with the last speaker concerning the position in which many older people find themselves, especially as we have allowed a regime to continue where one never has to take a test. It is essential for everybody to sit a certain test to establish a minimum level of driving competency. After that, however, there is the potential for a graduated licensing system. We have been...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to echo those comments and thank all the officials for their hard work.

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: No, it was not.

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, Deputy Burton is scheduled to contribute at 7.50 p.m.