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Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 90: In page 16, to delete lines 15 to 24 and substitute the following: "(a) a person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction where at the time of the commission of the offence— (i) he or she had been the holder of a driving licence (other than a learner permit) which had expired beyond its period of validity for a...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Local authorities notify people when their motor tax is due for renewal. The local authorities would be well capable in this case of notifying drivers that their licence is out of date and due for renewal.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 93: In page 17, before section 13, to insert the following new section: 13.—The Principal Act is amended by the insertion the Principal of the following new section after section 55: "55A.—(1) A person shall not park a vehicle— (a) whose weight unladen exceeds maximum permitted weight, (b) whose weight laden exceeds maximum permitted weight, or (c) any part of which...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I agree with Senator Hayes. There are two issues in these amendments, namely, heavy goods vehicles doing rat-runs and parking in residential areas. A licence could be issued to cover trucks involved in furniture removals, housing construction and so on.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 102: In page 22, line 9, in column 4 of the Table, to insert "2". This amendment relates to the NCT test. We have heard much about this test in the past 18 months. If a driver does not have an NCT disk on his or her car, he or she currently does not receive any penalty points. However, the driver may be brought to court where he or she can receive five penalty points....

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: The Senator's time has expired.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: The Minister of State has yet to contribute.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Senator Norris will have a right to reply, he is out of order.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Senator Norris will have a right to reply.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 48: In page 8, subsection (9)(b), line 17, to delete "Exchequer" and substitute "State". This is a technical amendment.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 52: In page 8, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following subsections: "(13) A person who, subsequent to the receipt by that person of a notice under subsection (11), drives or attempts to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place, shall be guilty of an offence. (14) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (13) shall be liable on summary...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Yes.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Senator McDowell raises an important point relating to statistics. We should gather this information and make it freely available to public representatives, the media and the public. Legislation was passed on the Road Safety Authority recently. Will all of this information be collated and passed on to this authority in future or will we have access to the information mentioned by Senator...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 57: In page 11, line 29, after "disqualification" to insert the following: ", provided that there are extraordinary and exceptional circumstances to justify such an application". This amendment relates to the removal of disqualifications. Until now, one could apply to get a licence back after six months. I propose that this would only apply when extraordinary and...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I thought we had discussed amendments Nos. 59 and 60 already.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 59: In page 11, line 39, to delete "two-thirds" and substitute "three-quarters". I would like to hear the Minister of State's thoughts on this issue.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: I wish to deal with the point raised by Senator McDowell. What is proposed is a cumbersome way of testing because the dogs in the street will know the location of the checkpoints. How far in advance will a superintendent or other officer make an order authorising the testing and will the officer make it on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, because the officer must specify the location? The...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 25 in this group refers to taking a sample. At the moment if a person breaks a checkpoint and refuses to give a sample he is not automatically disqualified. Our amendment proposes that the person can be disqualified in those circumstances.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: Australia has booze buses in areas where police do random breath testing and the police there advertise when they are carrying out random breath testing. Will it be the same here or will it be the case that gardaí can just step out and stop a person to conduct a random breath test?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paddy Burke: That is precisely the point. Booze buses are made available in Australia to deter people who have been drinking from driving. They act as a deterrent. The Australian authorities are quite happy if such people do not drive. They do not try to trap people with random breath tests after they get into their cars. They go out of their way to advertise that testing will take place so that the...