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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: 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...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 and has made amendments thereto.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will again bring up the matter of the HIQA report into overcrowding in the emergency department, ED, at UHL. There are 88 patients on trolleys there today, which is the same number as that on 15 March when HIQA carried out its report. UHL needs serious help at a national level. We have the second highest number in throughput of ED patients, yet we have the lowest number, relatively, of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is the action plan I want.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is as bad now.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is the action plan.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cybersecurity Policy (16 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that are being taken to improve the resilience of IT systems in the civil service and wider public sector given the ever-present risk of cybercrime. [31330/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the revised criteria and assessment process in place for public works contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31329/22]