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Seanad: Lone Parents: Statements. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I also welcome the Galway crew.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: ""Act of 2002" means the Road Traffic Act 2002;". Amendments Nos. 1 and 18 are technical amendments and I would like to hear the comments of the Minister of State.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, before section 4, to insert the following new section: "4.—The Minister shall, notwithstanding the status of the Authority, remain politically accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas for all matters that fall under the aegis of the Authority, and nothing in this Act shall be used to diminish the level of that responsibility or his or her accountability...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: All parties and Oireachtas Members wish to promote and seek the highest standards in road safety. One life lost or one person injured on our roads is one too many. The Minister can say what he likes about this issue but, ultimately, when an Oireachtas Member asks him or his senior colleague a question about the road safety authority, he can wash his hands of it. That is the reality. The...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 46 and 47, to insert the following new subsection: "(5) Without prejudice to any other subsection in this section, the Authority shall further have amongst its responsibilities, the following: (a) the registration of vehicles and retention of data pertaining to the ownership of vehicles; (b) driver testing; (c) registration of qualified driving...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I appreciate what the Minister of State and Senator Quinn have said but this is about getting information. The road safety authority must have information because otherwise it will be at nothing. Driver testing is a major issue. The way it is being operated calls out for something to be done. I was a member of a local authority for many years and all councillors can recite the dangerous...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: The Minister must have been a formidable footballer in his time because he has side-stepped every question I posed. Members of the Joint Committee on Transport visited the state of Victoria in Australia. That state has a body in place which is not dissimilar to the proposed road safety authority. The Victorian authority pools information from across the various sectors that deal with road...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, before section 5, to insert the following new section: "5.—The Act of 2002 is amended by: (a) inserting the following new subsection after subsection (3) in section 1: "(4) Responsibility for the maintenance, operation and alteration of the licence record shall vest in the Road Safety Authority.", (b) deleting section 2(2) and substituting the following:...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: When a person who has accrued 12 or more penalty points is stopped by the Garda Síochána, does it show up on the PULSE system that he or she is disqualified? Will it indicate on the PULSE system that the person is in breach of the law or over the limit in terms of penalty points?

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: Are we discussing amendments Nos. 16 and 17 with amendment No. 4?

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, before section 5, to insert the following new section: "5.—(1) The Authority shall have a policy role in— (a) making general road safety policy recommendations to the Minister, (b) advising the Minister on any review of speed limits, (c) advising local authorities on general road safety policy, (d) liaising between any itself and any one or more of the...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: As Senator Quinn stated, three months is a reasonable time within which to report. However, an annual report is not much good. The benchmarking I outlined should also be included. The road safety authority should monitor itself on its failures and successes. Hopefully, it will be successful. Surely the road safety authority should have a role to play in advising local authorities on speed...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, before section 5, to insert the following new section: "5.—(1) The Authority shall have responsibility for the management and standards of driver testing in Ireland. (2) The Authority shall put such structures in place as it deems necessary to ensure that the standard of driving in Ireland is maintained and improved. (3) The Authority may put such...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: The Minister of State has not improved the use of the Irish language in the past ten years.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I have as much Irish as the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: It is not published.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: The Minister must have made an error.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 8: In page 7, before section 5, to insert the following new section: "5.—(1) The Authority shall, in the exercise of its functions as prescribed by section 4(1) of this Act, be responsible for setting training standards and ensuring quality control of driving instructors. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (3) of this section, the Authority shall assume such functions...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 9: In page 7, before section 5, to insert the following new section: "5.—(1) On the establishment day, the Authority shall assume all responsibility for driver licensing, including, but not limited to: (a) issuing and re-issuing of licences, including duplicate and replacement licences and requests for changes of address; (b) imposition of endorsements and penalty...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Paddy Burke: I support the amendment and thank Senator Henry for proposing it. As I have said in the context of other amendments, the road safety authority is all about statistics and the compiling of information, as noted by Senator Quinn with regard to this simple amendment. It would ensure the authority compared its statistics with international statistics. The Senator made the point well with regard...