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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: Deputy Matthews got to a few of those points ahead of me. It is important that we recognise the full power of citizen-led data gathering, notwithstanding the concerns around GDPR, which we have to take seriously. It seems to me there is an opportunity here to create, as other jurisdictions have done very effectively, a portal where citizens can upload evidence, whether it is admissible or...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I agree with the Minister that we have to get the balance right and have to respect personal privacy. However, I think we all agree that some of the behaviours we see on our roads are quite terrible. Just last week, I was nearly killed on the quays in Dublin. We come across these near misses every time we walk, cycle or even drive. In getting that balance right, we need to understand just...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: In respect of amendment No. 64, will the Minister explain the extent of the Dublin Transport Authority Act? Are we talking about places within Dublin or does the range go outside Dublin? That is the first question. Second, it seems to give compulsory purchase power to the authority to mitigate the impact of public transport infrastructure by purchasing land. I would argue it should...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I wish to ask about giving compulsory purchase order, CPO, powers over private land to provide car parking. I am not sure that this is something that we should be empowering road authorities to do. Notwithstanding that point, it seems to me that this power should extend to active travel infrastructure as well as public transport infrastructure.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: It was on compulsorily purchasing land.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I have yet to see a situation where public land could not be used for providing that parking, if required. This provision goes further, though, and gives the power to acquire private land in order to provide parking. That is a step too far and is not consistent with reallocating road space in public space. I would not like it if my front garden was commandeered to replace some parking that...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: Amendment No. 65 deletes five lines. This part of the section looked positive to me. If an existing building, structure or amenity was removed as part of the development of a public transport project, the local authority would have had the power to replace it. However, amendment No. 65 is proposing to remove that power. I would have thought that the paragraph was a positive element of the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: The subsection reads: a compulsory purchase order made ... for the purpose of mitigating the impact of any public transport infrastructure provided on the environment generally or on— (a) any particular site, building or structure, (b) the availability of parking, or (c) trees, landscaping and planting, in particular, where appropriate, by relocating or replacing (if necessary...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I support Deputy Matthews's comments. I welcome the amendment. There might be an opportunity to go a bit further. Electric bikes and cargo bikes are electric vehicles as well. We could get into that space. Deputy Matthews talked about smaller and lighter vehicles. The main driving force - pardon the pun - with respect to vehicular transport should be the smaller, the lighter and the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: Does this EV office include zero emission vehicles such as bikes, e-bikes and e-cargo bikes? Does its remit cover those as well?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: On the other point in respect of the section on An Bord Pleanála, the way it reads, it does not refer to sustainable or public transport infrastructure at all. It states: "a proposed road development". It can be seen how in some future scenario this gives An Bord Pleanála not just the power but creates a requirement to approve a proposed road development that contravenes a...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am sharing time with Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan. I welcome the debate. I might begin by addressing Deputy Connolly’s concluding point. She indicated we should stop what we are doing, but I am not sure whether she was suggesting we should stop the expansion of the European project. I think that if she spoke to the citizens of Ukraine, Georgia or Moldova, whose very...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support small and medium tourism business in the tourism sector to decarbonise, with clear targets and deliverables; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure Fáilte Ireland and tourism projects which seek State funding are prioritising reduction in their own carbon emissions including across transport, food miles and energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in registering dentists from other EU member states, from Britain and others who have trained in Ireland and are now seeking to relocate back to Ireland; if he will ensure that sufficient resources are put in place to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in registering dentists from Ukraine; if he will ensure that sufficient resources are put in place to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have applied and have been registered, respectively, with the Dental Council from 2021 to date in 2022; the average amount of time that it takes to be registered in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Ukranian dentists in Ireland who have applied for or inquired about registration with the Dental Council; the number who have registered to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/22]

Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (16 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for standing in for the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who was not available, and for giving us a very thorough response to the report. I am really happy to hear that he and his colleagues across Government consider it a living document. I firmly believe that it has to be a living document and that it will become more relevant as we continue to try to overcome...

Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (16 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action entitled "Report on Reducing Emissions in the Transport Sector by 51% by 2030", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th June, 2021. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for joining us here today for this very important debate. The...