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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome everyone to the meeting. I have looked into this matter a small bit. The first point I would make relates to the laws that are coming in. I have a major problem with some of the stuff that the RSA is trying to introduce and with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport due to a lack of clarity about certain matters. I agree with what has just been proposed. What...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Ms Murphy has a problem with one aspect but not with an 80-year old person driving slowly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I agree with what the witnesses said about having a three-year course. I have a background in driving lorries and tractors. I am a certified transport manager and I completed an intensive course in three months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is a while since I completed the course. One can complete a transport manager course quickly. A three-year course will not appeal to a young person. I understand all the different sides of the argument but I believe it is possible for a person to complete an intensive course in a year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: An intensive year long course is preferable. Young people will not be attracted to a three-year course and more foreign people will be sought for this work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to ask Mr. Lee a couple of questions. I understood that all English vehicles coming into this country can be checked for A, B, C and D and to see if they were hit. Am I correct? I understand that such cases require an NCT and that one cannot register an English vehicle and drive it here if the vehicle does not have a NCT certificate. I also understand that one can draw insurance on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am sorry, but they are the issues I wanted to raise. I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: My queries about the RSA were directed at the FCI. Can Mr. Moroney explain what is and is not commercial? Was I correct in what I said?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the witness train people? Does she do the CPC?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Has the witness driven lorries?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Let us be very careful of exams when there are people-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Hold on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Just one second. I wish to clarify this. Everyone is fond of exams and getting people to press buttons and answer questions. At the end of the day, there are some people driving, as Ms Verona Murphy mentioned, who are 55 years and over. Some of those people could be the best drivers in the world and be doing things right. However, they may not have had the opportunity that the witness or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it correct to say there has been what we call a light tip because if a car is hard, one will draw on his or her insurance policy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. Lee suggesting we have should have categories similar to those in England?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in saying the insurance industry in Ireland knows when a car has been hit and written off for financial or other reasons, as the issue comes up when the vehicle is being reinsured?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: All of them do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If a French lorry comes here they have not done the CPC. My understanding is that there is nothing done to them.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage he imposed on transfers of entitlements without land as in compliance with Ireland's commitment to do so; the amount that was recouped from this for the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14301/17]