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Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendment No. 1 is a drafting amendment recommended by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to improve the text. Amendment agreed to. Section 3, as amended, agreed to. Section 4 agreed to. SECTION 5.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: This is a drafting amendment recommended by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to improve the text. Amendment agreed to. Section 8, as amended, agreed to. Sections 9 and 10 agreed to. SECTION 11. Government amendment No. 4: In page 12, line 7, to delete "shall".

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: This is a drafting amendment recommended by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to improve the text. Amendment agreed to. Section 11, as amended, agreed to. SECTION 12. Government amendment No. 5: In page 12, subsection (2)(b), line 29, to delete "Article 9" and substitute "the applicable limitation regime in force pursuant to Article 6".

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendment No. 5 corrects a printing error and incorporates drafting amendments recommended by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to improve the text. Amendment agreed to. Section 12, as amended, agreed to. Sections 13 to 19, inclusive, agreed to. SECTION 20.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: The term "Irish ship" is defined in the 1999 Act. The Bill, as published, provides in section 35, paragraph (b), for the revised definition, namely, those above a certain threshold. This amendment, together with the deletion of section 35, paragraph (b), proposed by amendment No. 27, leaves the existing definition in place and introduces a separate definition to cover those Irish ships which...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: This amendment makes two corrections to the text in page 18, line 6. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 8: In page 18, line 6, after "Minister" to insert "a plan for the prevention and minimisation of damage arising out of an oil pollution incident and".

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 make two corrections to the text in page 18, line6. Amendment agreed to. Section 20, as amended, agreed to. SECTION 21. Government amendment No. 9: In page 18, subsection (2)(c), line 30, to delete "an Irish ship" and substitute "a relevant Irish ship". Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 10: In page 18, subsection (2), between lines 34 and 35, to insert the...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: This amendment provides for the insertion of new paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (g) in section 3(2) of the 1999 Act. The new paragraphs extend to non-Irish ships the requirement to have emergency plans on board. Paragraph (d) pertains to ships registered in countries which are party to the convention, while paragraphs (e) and (f) deal with ships registered in countries which are not party to...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: As it stands, any ship coming into Irish waters must have on board an emergency plan and any authorised officer of the State has a right to seek this plan. If the ships mentioned by Senator Daly and Senator Finucane were in difficulties, we would have our own emergency plans to deal with it. Ireland was notified of the passage plan of these ships and the fact that they would be travelling 35...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: We are not in a position to make regulations outside our own waters but as Senators Daly and Finucane stated, the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, has expressed serious concern on a number of occasions about the ghost ships. Obviously other EU countries are of like mind, but under international regulations these ships have a right of passage. We have expressed our concerns. The Coast Guard and...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: I agree with the Senator that it is a strange time of the year to move the ships, but because of the concern expressed by the Minister and by members of the public, only four of the six ships set out. I do not know whether the other two will be sent next year. All of us would be concerned about the Americans sending such ships so close to this and other countries but that is a matter for a...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: The Navy and the Air Corps have been monitoring the ships and have been aware at all times of their position as they travelled on the sea.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: The Minister has already raised the issue with the Commissioner at EU level. I am aware there is also a view that EU Heads of State should discuss the situation at the next summit and express the concern of the different countries about America sending such ghost ships through our waters. We will also bring it to the Taoiseach's attention. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 11: In...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: That was explained when considering section 20.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Section 35, which provides for the revised definition, covers the area to which we referred earlier. The term "Irish ship" is defined in the 1999 Act. The Bill, as published, provides in section 35, paragraph (b), for the revised definition, namely, those above a certain threshold. This amendment, together with the deletion of the paragraph, leaves the existing definition in place and...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendments Nos. 18 to 20, inclusive, are drafting amendments recommended by the Parliamentary Counsel's office to improve the text. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 19: In page 21, lines 23 to 25, to delete "or a pollutant or quantity of a pollutant in excess of that permitted under section 10" and substitute "or a pollutant or, in the event that a regulation has been made under...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendment No. 21 is a drafting amendment recommended by the Parliamentary Counsel's office to improve the text. Amendment agreed to. Section 27, as amended, agreed to. SECTION 28. Government amendment No. 22: In page 23, line 47 to delete "which" and substitute "whom".

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendment No. 22 corrects a grammatical error. Amendment agreed to. Section 28, as amended, agreed to. Sections 29 to 32, inclusive, agreed to. NEW SECTION. Government amendment No. 23: In page 24, before section 33, to insert the following new section: 33.–Section 26 of the Act of 1991 is amended– (a) in subsection (4) by substituting 'ship;' for 'ship.' in paragraph (h) and by inserting...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: Amendment No. 23 introduces revised text to section 33 as amended by the Parliamentary Counsel's office.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

John Browne: This section amends the punctuation of section 26(4)(h) of the 1991 Act and inserts a new paragraph that provides for the establishment and maintenance of a temporary exclusion zone around the maritime casualty or pollution incident. This has been included at the request of the Irish Coastguard Service.