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Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister of State for those sentiments. I wish him and the sector under his remit well. I look forward to his future visits to the House.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: In response to Senator Ó Domhnaill we did try to separate the different categories of trees in amendment No. 2 on Committee Stage but that did not work. That is why we re-submitted it today in a different form. I agree that where the trees are felled without a licence is a more serious case than where the licence is merely contravened. In the last of the three cases, where it is...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 2: In page 27, to delete lines 9 to 13 and substitute the following:“the Minister shall issue a replanting order in respect of the owner requiring him or her to replant in accordance with the provisions of the order.”.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and welcome the Minister of State. We have all gained from the two previous occasions we have had these debates on forestry. The Minister of State mentioned that he is preparing a programme for the new year and issuing important documents. I hope that he has benefitted from what we have been saying here. It has been a very good dialogue between us. The...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Immigration (Reform)(Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: When a local authority did not function in the past, the Government installed a commissioner to run it. We are getting close to that situation with Irish Water. There are reports of the meetings yesterday of the Government parliamentary parties where the issue was raised. There is surplus staff, a bonus culture, weak regulation by a regulator that pays its own staff bonuses, the inability...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. He showed his commitment to this House on the last day when he decided to come here instead of attending a conference of transport Ministers. He has showed his commitment again today. We are indebted to him.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. He raised a most interesting point. When his predecessor was in this House to deal with road safety legislation, which of course has the support of everybody on all sides of the House, we considered issues like whether people should be required to have their driving licences with them now that we have moved to a credit card system. How does that make road safety...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I wish the road safety implementation group, of which the Minister is a member, every success. It has to involve other Departments. I think it does. I thank the Minister again.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 12: In page 17, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:"(f) examination by the clamping appeals officer of the costs to the property owner of wrongly parked vehicles on premises which are the subject of the appeal.".I do not wish to pursue this amendment because the Minister gave a comprehensive reply on the matter when we discussed it earlier.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 13: In page 18, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:"(6) Where the determination of a clamping appeals officer is not to revoke the decision of a parking controller the appellant shall refund to the parking controller such costs incurred by the controller as the clamping appeals officer may direct in the determination.".This amendment relates to an area about...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: The powers of the NTA have been covered comprehensively by the Minister so I do not wish to move the amendment.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 8: In page 15, line 20, after “practicable” to insert “within two hours”.This issue was raised by several Senators. When the money is paid, when can someone expect to have their car released? In one shopping centre it was clarified that, on average, it takes two hours for that to happen because the clampers might serve a number of areas. Not...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister again. I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 9: In page 15, line 35, after “owner” where it secondly occurs to insert “and such unauthorised use was notified to An Garda Síochána”.This amendment deals with the statement by the owner of the vehicle that the use was not authorised by him or her. The Bill states that when the owner succeeds in that claim, the controller or...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for his reply. We wish the NTA every success in dealing with these issues. Perhaps some study or document on the wide variety of practices, including time-of-day charging, removal charges and so on, would be appropriate. In the context of what the Minister said, I will not press this amendment and I do not intend to move amendment No. 6.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: The Minister’s three part division of this issue into the person who is clamped, the clamper and the business is the correct way to go. I share the spirit of what he has said.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 5: In page 14, line 17, to delete “€100” and substitute the following: “€120 per twenty four hours or part thereof and with a surcharge of €35 for release between 22.00 and 08.00”. These amendments deal with the penalties. The Minister has already said this will be a matter for the NTA. The penalties envisaged in section...