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

Kieran O'Donnell: They are amendments Nos. 63 to 65. Has the Minister dealt with No. 60?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments Nos. 63 to 65 are to be discussed as well.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments Nos. 61, 75 and 77 are related. Amendment No. 77 is consequential on amendment No. 75. Amendments Nos. 61, 75 and 77 will be discussed together.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: ZEVI sounds like a brand of clothes. It is zero emissions vehicles Ireland, is it?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: What will be its structure? Will it be a stand-alone body? Will it have to be provided for under legislation? Will it be within the Department?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it up and running?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister have an idea of the staff complement and the roles they will take up?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: This is a completely new section, however.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Will its remit include the roll-out of EV charging points?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister will appreciate that the committee will very much look forward to having ZEVI and its staff come before us. Will it be headed up by an assistant secretary? What will be the status of its head?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously, it is something the committee is very interested in. We welcome the measure. It is something we will take up in a general sense.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I will speak to section 45. As it currently stands, where does the planning regulator stand in all this? Has the Attorney General's advice been sought on section 45, given that it states, "An Bord Pleanála shall approve a scheme, or a proposed road development, that contravenes materially any development plan or any local area plan ... only if it considers that one of the following is...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that but, in terms of the practical import, development plans are going through up and down the country at present. Those plans go before the national planning regulator - I may not be calling it by the correct name. In many cases, the regulator is coming back with, in effect, certain issues with development plans. That body has a major input. If there is a particular thing from...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I understood a review is currently being undertaken by the Attorney General's office around the area of planning infrastructural projects. Did the Minister consider how that would fit into this particular amendment? Is it something that will be catered for in that review by the Attorney General as distinct from having a specific section within the Road Traffic and Roads Bill, that is,...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there a case for awaiting the outcome of that particular review before the Minister proceeds with the amendment concerning this particular section?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Was section 45 run by the Attorney General's office?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments Nos. 76 and 78 are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 78 is consequential on amendment No. 76. Amendment No. 78 is in the name of the Minister. With the indulgence of the clerk to the committee, I propose that we continue until quarter to five as we are nearing conclusion. We should conclude with any bit of fair wind. This is the last substantive discussion...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Pursuant to Standing Order 187(3), the clerk will report specifically to the Dáil that the committee has amended the Title.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister and his officials for their engagement with the committee today, for their hard work and for the briefing they provided earlier in the week. With the Minister's indulgence, there are one or two issues that we wish to raise.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Just to recap, section 34 sets out provisions on the supply of powered personal transporters to persons under 16 years of age. The issue is of huge concern in the public domain. I assume that the Minister sought advice from the Attorney General on section 34. I ask the Minister to work on it prior to Report Stage. The issue is very much in the public consciousness. It is all about...