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Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: This side of the House is agreed on this. We want the Minister's agreement. That is why we are here.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 15: In page 22, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(6) The Commission shall furnish to the Minister such information about the performance of its functions as the Minister may from time to time require (other than information the provision of which under this subsection would, in the opinion of the Commission, be likely to prejudice the performance of any...

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: We were discussing amendment No. 17.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I thought it was the same as the Minister's amendment.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 17: In page 23, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: "(4) The Minister shall supply to one or both Houses of the Oireachtas such information regarding the performance of the Commission''s functions as may from time to time be required by a member of either House.".

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: No.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I accept the Minister's explanation of amendment No. 29. However, on a reading of the amendment, it does not seem to mean what he says it means. It states: "Where a railway undertaking proposes to replace the gates . . . any obligations to make or maintain gates at that crossing do not apply."

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Therefore, a barrier or other automatic device is not a gate.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the amendment.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 37: In page 41, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(3) Where a member of staff of a railway undertaking furnishes relevant information to the Commission or an inspector— (a) following a railway incident, (b) which, in the opinion of the person, may lead to a railway incident, the person shall not be subject to disciplinary or any other action by the...

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: This is a welcome amendment.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: We are grateful the Minister has accepted this proposal.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I agree with Deputy Shortall. The Bill was originally published in 2001 and withdrawn in 2003. We received Report Stage amendments to this Bill in October 2004. Those amendments were published again on 30 September 2005 and we received them earlier this week. This morning we received 17 pages of amendments to amendments. I was not spokesperson on transport when the original Bill was taken...

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: ——and he will have to deal with amendments on this basis. The situation is unfair.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: On one list there are 38 groupings and on the other there are 15 groupings. The groupings have been completely changed.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: They are amendments to amendments.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I also wish to raise a point of clarification.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: On a point of clarification, both the green list of Report Stage amendments and the book of amendments published today refer to Report Stage. We are now back on Committee Stage. Is it technically correct to have these amendments headed "Report Stage"?

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: It is not a question of facilitating the House in any way. The Minister is legally obliged to recommit because the amendments were not discussed on Committee Stage.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I understand the holder of the office in the interim arrangement will be appointed by the Minister to the commissioner function in the new arrangement. At the end of his term of office, will the post of commissioner be publicly advertised or will the appointee be recruited from within the Civil Service?