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Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I oppose the amendment. This is a fundamental change to the Bill as circulated on 3 December 2012. However, the proposed new section was circulated as late as Monday of last week. The proposed change is not covered in the regulatory impact assessment which was circulated on 17 January. I am advised this violates people's contracts of employment. It violates privacy. I am told the...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 15: In page 14, subsection (2)(b), line 27, to delete "the Authority or".We discussed this amendment previously. I am keen to retain the functions relating to the Garda Síochána. That is why the amendment proposes to delete the phrase "the Authority or" on the basis that if there is a view within the Department - there appears to be - that this is a problem of...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 16: In page 14, subsection (2)(c), line 30, after "convictions" to insert "other than spent convictions".I have tabled this amendment in order that I might ask the Minister of State whether the Bill is compatible with what the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, is doing in respect of spent convictions. If it is, the amendment is redundant and there...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, lines 44 and 45, to delete subsection (10).This is a fairly fundamental amendment that proposes to delete lines 44 and 45, which read as follows: "The licensing authority may, when granting a licence, attach such terms and conditions to the licence as it sees fit." As I said previously, that is what happened with SI 250 of 2010, in which the conditions...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: It was a very superior Sat Nav that brought Senator O'Neill here and we should all be indebted to it. I will not press the amendment. However, we should allow, as the Minister of State does, that technology develops and that learning it out of a book may seem a bit bizarre in five years time.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, subsection (6), line 49, after ?Authority? to insert the following: ?in consultation with the National Disability Authority?.We may have a lot in common on this amendment also. Line 20 details various requirements to be determined "by the Authority in consultation with the National Disability Authority". All I require when the guidelines are being...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I have a problem. None of these issues is mentioned in the screening regulatory impact assessment of the Bill. This completely inadequate document was published approximately six weeks after the Bill was published. It does not attempt to analyse in any way why the Minister wishes to be at odds with four High Court decisions, documents published by the previous regulator in this sector and...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I will be brief. Leasing was criminalised in the 1950s when the policy we are trying to reintroduce was being pursued.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: If the Acting Chairman says it has already discussed, I will accept his ruling.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, subsection (1)(b), lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including "in" where it firstly occurs in line 15 down to and including "licence" in line 16 and substitute the following:"in the area of a passenger journey and in-vehicle navigation and guidance systems to guide route selection".The Minister has dealt with this matter. When we discussed...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: According to the Goodbody report, there are 394 small public service vehicles in Tipperary, 503 in Clare and 1,231 in Galway, which borders Tipperary. There are 262 in Laois and 289 in Carlow. I do not see the need for area licensing and I oppose its reintroduction as I do not see it as necessary. The Minister of State is interested in rural transport and he suggested the use of the school...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House and assure him how much we appreciate the discussions we have here.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: The objective from this side is to have a Bill embodying any wisdom we can give to the Minister, but the choice is for the Minister of State to make, because we recognise who he is. Section 7(4) states "The Authority, in making regulations under this section, may set different requirements and conditions", and then lists several, which we are not commenting on because they are accepted,...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House and assure him how much we appreciate the discussions we have here.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: The objective from this side is to have a Bill embodying any wisdom we can give to the Minister, but the choice is for the Minister of State to make, because we recognise who he is. Section 7(4) states "The Authority, in making regulations under this section, may set different requirements and conditions", and then lists several, which we are not commenting on because they are accepted,...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: According to the Goodbody report, there are 394 small public service vehicles in Tipperary, 503 in Clare and 1,231 in Galway, which borders Tipperary. There are 262 in Laois and 289 in Carlow. I do not see the need for area licensing and I oppose its reintroduction as I do not see it as necessary. The Minister of State is interested in rural transport and he suggested the use of the school...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I have a problem. None of these issues is mentioned in the screening regulatory impact assessment of the Bill. This completely inadequate document was published approximately six weeks after the Bill was published. It does not attempt to analyse in any way why the Minister wishes to be at odds with four High Court decisions, documents published by the previous regulator in this sector and...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I will be brief. Leasing was criminalised in the 1950s when the policy we are trying to reintroduce was being pursued.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: If the Acting Chairman says it has already discussed, I will accept his ruling.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, subsection (1)(b), lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including "in" where it firstly occurs in line 15 down to and including "licence" in line 16 and substitute the following:"in the area of a passenger journey and in-vehicle navigation and guidance systems to guide route selection".The Minister has dealt with this matter. When we discussed...