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

Paddy Burke: "Prime Time" last night highlighted the case of a woman who visited a Garda station on several occasions but could not find a garda to deal with her. Eventually, she ended up in court. The position is similar regarding many Garda stations. What of a person who genuinely visits a Garda station on a number of occasions but finds only the green man, which I am not sure will be much help? This...

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

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 4: In page 19, before section 23, to insert the following new section: 23.—Within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, the Minister shall publish a report on the merits and feasibility of introducing a graduated penalty points system whereby the severity of the penalty would bear direct relation to the gravity of the offence.". We should have a graduated level of...

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

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 5: In page 21, before section 27, to insert the following new section: 27.(1) It shall be an offence for a person, without lawful authority, to park in or obstruct a parking space which is designated as a disabled parking space. (2) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall by regulations, provide a special increased administrative fine in respect...

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

Paddy Burke: Will the Minister of State clarify the position in respect of the term "local road"? The term "national road" probably means national primary and secondary roads, while the term "motorway" is self-explanatory. Some years ago, however, the law was changed for the classification of roads and there were primary roads, local primary roads, local roads and local tertiary roads. For the Bill to...

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

Paddy Burke: We have all seen people driving with a telephone to their ear and it definitely leads to careless driving. I cannot understand what happened last time and I thought the Minister would have included it in this Bill. I do not know if there are statistics to back this up but it must contribute to many accidents.

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

Paddy Burke: I welcome what the Minister of State has said. We should have more ghost islands on our two-lane national routes. I presume the greatest problem is that there are too many exits off our national routes. We now realise these are causing problems. A number of these exits require ghost islands to allow a car turning in a particular direction to turn safely into a lane provided to allow the car...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: There is an ombudsman for the Defence Forces. Senator Leyden mentioned earlier that a spouse of a member of the Garda Síochána could make a complaint on his or her behalf. It would appear farcical that a spouse can make a complaint when a member of the force could not. That might well be worth looking at in the context of the further legislation the Minister said is being contemplated. It...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages. (10 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, back to the House. Before we commence I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on a Report Stage amendment, except the proposer of the amendment who may reply to the discussion thereon. In addition, on Report Stage each amendment must be seconded.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 85 is an alternative to amendment No. 84. Amendments Nos. 86, 87 and 105 are related and may be taken together by agreement.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 87 tabled by the Labour Party has also been tabled by the Minister. Government amendment No. 87: In page 38, subsection (4)(a)(x), line 11, to delete "necessary for" and substitute "relevant to".

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 92 is an alternative to amendment No. 91 and the amendments will be discussed together.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: The Senator is reaching his own limit. His time is up.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Callely, to the House. While I welcome the Bill, I will be opposing some sections, particularly those on insurance liability as the issue has not been properly addressed. The Bill is an attempt by the Government to tie together myriad objectives, such as standardising speeding limits and converting them to the metric...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: I am pleased to hear it will be a reserve function of a council, though it will probably be a more drawn out process than the Minister of State has indicated. It has been the case that the manager exercises the function where road works were taking place.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: While the Minister of State contends that the legislation seeks to implement change by setting out speed limits in built-up areas, on local and regional roads, national roads and motorways, which are the four general road categories, I fear it will have no effect. If local authorities fail to act and implement sensible speed limits, we will not move on. The guidelines the Minister intends to...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: A cap is being introduced and Fine Gael will not support it until it has received further clarification.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 75 to 78, inclusive, are related and may be taken together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 79 to 81, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 82 and 83 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (9 Dec 2004)

Paddy Burke: We know where the Senator is going.