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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: The Minister will appreciates it is an issue of major concern in the public domain.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask the Minister and his officials, who have already looked at this, to have a further look at it prior to Report Stage to see if there is any mechanism in this regard to deal with the supply and, more particularly, the use. It is not uncommon to see two teenagers, whom I regard to be very young, on a scooter, and I fear in many cases for their safety. This is a safety issue and I ask the...

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 that he will undertake to look at this issue again for Report Stage

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

Kieran O'Donnell: This is a new section. Amendments Nos. 58 and 62 are related and will be discussed together. I call on the Minister to speak now, please.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Regarding amendment No. 62, there was a context in terms of Limerick. Is there a sister element going through justice legislation on it, or is it stand-alone?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. We would welcome if the Minister did that body of work before Report Stage.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments No. 59, 60 and 63 to 65, inclusive, in the name of the Minister, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

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...