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Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Does the Garda Commissioner have power to impose a temporary speed limit?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: A national primary route, the N4, from Dublin towards Kinnegad has several different speed limits. They range from 30 mph, 40 mph, 50 mph to 60 mph and 70 mph, and change up and down. Under the provisions of this section of the Bill, local authorities must meet to pass by-laws to change speed limits on a national primary route or motorway. I am not sure which is the correct term. The Minister...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Some of the signs along the N4 vary from 30 mph to 40 mph to 50 mph. The normal motorway speed limit does not apply. The limit fluctuates. Under this legislation, only local authorities will be able to change and implement by-laws within an area. Speed limits already exist, but it will take a meeting of local authorities to change the limits on a national primary route. It is not simply a...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Will the existing by-laws will stay in place until the councils change them?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 2: In page 15, to delete lines 20 to 28 and substitute the following: "(10) In a prosecution for a fixed charge offence, the relevant notice under this section shall be addressed to that person and shall be given to the person in one of the following ways—— (a) by delivering it to the person, (b) by leaving it at the address at which the person ordinarily resides or...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: I am not confident to withdraw my amendment having heard the Minister of State's clarification. What I propose in my amendment is actual delivery rather than presumed delivery of the relevant notice. That section provides for presumed delivery. The Government proposed to award a contract to person to sit in an office and post out summonses and that person will presume that his or her work is...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Could we clarify it further? The Minister is saying that the garda will write a summons and send it to the service provider.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: The garda will issue the summons.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: There is much confusion regarding all of that.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Will the Garda Síochána decide on how best to deliver the summons to ensure the person gets it?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: That is not covered in the Act.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: It is poorly defined. We have had several examples of this today. Surely it should be covered in this Bill. If it is in the Bill already, there are holes in it.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: When the garda issues a person with a summons, does he have to send a note to the service provider as well?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: How does the service provider know that the garda has sent a summons to me or to anybody else? Who contacts the service provider? Who issues the service provider with the notification that somebody has received a summons?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: How will the service provider be notified of the summons being issued?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: When a garda stops me on the road and issues me with, for example, two penalty points and a €50 fine, he will issue me with a notice. Does the garda also have to tell the service provider he has issued me with a summons?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Where does the service provider come into it? If everybody pays up, there is no need for a service provider.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: How does the service provider know one did not pay?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 3: In page 15, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(b) The financial terms of an agreement under this section shall not be dependent on, or have regard to quantity of items or cases processed.". I hope the contract will not be awarded to the service provider on a commission basis.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: They were not related but we digressed while on amendment No. 2. They were intertwined.