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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, and his officials for attending. I thank members of the committee for considering the Bill.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport has completed its consideration of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 and has made amendments thereto.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: No, it has already been discussed with amendment No. 3. The Deputy can push it to a voice vote.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: I clearly stated that amendments No. 3 to 9, inclusive, were grouped.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: When we discussed amendments Nos. 3 to 9, inclusive, whatever had to take place-----

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: Amendment No. 4, which was already discussed with amendment No. 3, cannot be moved.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: We inserted the new section.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: Amendment No. 4 cannot be moved as it has already been discussed with amendment No. 3.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: Amendments Nos. 3 to 9, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 3. Amendments Nos. 3 to 9, inclusive, will be discussed together.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: Deputy Dooley's amendment has been ruled out of order.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: In accordance with Standing Order 92(2), Deputy Clare Daly will substitute for Deputy Tom Fleming. The meeting has been convened to consider the State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014. The purpose of the Bill is to establish, under the Companies Acts, a commercial State company to be known as Shannon Group plc and to transfer from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to this...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: Yes. The Deputy can raise it on the discussion on the relevant section.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move the adjournment; I can move the Bill because we are-----

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: It is only a minute. I want to move the Bill.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: We can move it. I do.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: The effect of the Deputy's proposed amendments would be to require the RPII to need licences to have radioactive substances or irradiating apparatus and that these licences would be issued by the Minister. One of the central reasons for the existence of the RPII, and for its predecessor, the Nuclear Energy Board, and the office of radiological protection within the EPA in future, is that the...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: As the Deputies are aware, the primary purpose of the Bill is to provide for the merging of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Bill introduces the necessary statutory provision to enable Ireland ratify the 2005 amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, CPPNM. The CPPNM amendment expands the scope of...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: The creation and implementation of the national radon control strategy, NRCS, is an administrative and managerial issue for the merged organisations and is not appropriate for primary legislation. I remind the Deputy that a comprehensive NRCS is currently in place. Its purpose is to reduce risk to the population generally and to individuals living in areas with high radon concentration....

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: We are bound by international treaties that Ireland has ratified, including the Charter of the United Nations. I do not propose to accept this amendment.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: The first proposed amendment to section 44 of the Bill is confusing and not fully understood. The Deputy proposes the deletion of a provision to align the Radiological Protection Act 1991 with the more comprehensive standard international scientific definition of ionising radiation that has been used in all other relevant EU and Irish legislation since 2000. This provision has been...