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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: I am talking about the figure of €96 million.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: The Minister suggested in his ministerial briefing in May that there would be more funding for the roads. Has that come on stream and if so how much was it?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: How much was secured in May?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: Is that funding additional to the original budgetary allocation?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: In his briefing for 2016 the Minister referred to the local and regional roads network requiring €540 million but the allocation is €334 million, which is significantly short of the amount needed. Given the deterioration of regional and local roads could the Minister not have secured a little more funding? It will require €580 per year to keep them in a steady state.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: I am talking about the deficit in respect of the regional and local road funding. It was stated that €580 million per year was needed to keep them in a steady state but in the overall budget the allocation is €334 million. That is far short of what is required.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: With respect, that is still far short of the €280 million to keep them in a steady state condition. It will cost more in the long term.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: In the Minister's briefing he stated that national roads were seriously or grossly underfunded but there was an allocation of an additional €8 million which seems miniscule in comparison to what is needed.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (7 Dec 2016) Imelda Munster: That was all it felt it needed.
- Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: Housing is the major crisis of our time and it is one that continues to worsen every single month. We now live in a society where the Government of this State considers it acceptable for thousands of children to be homeless. Six years into this crisis it is now clear that this is not an accident; this is Government policy. As long as the Government continues to vigorously protect the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I tabled amendment No. 34. The Minister has included pretty much all I had intended to do. The details are on the national vehicle and driver file. The Minister said he would not have been able to put this forward for this Bill had he dealt with the imports. Will he continue to investigate finding a way to deal with vehicles imported and sold here when they have already been written off...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 7:In page 6, line 29, after "it" to insert "and where the drug has not impaired the person's driving ability". This is a technical amendment to clarify that a person with a medical exemption certificate will not be permitted to operate if he or she is impaired by the drug.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I wish to press the amendment.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: The Minister was talking about alcohol-related offences. I am talking about items on prescription and persons with a medical exemption certificate. Whatever is prescribed-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I believe there is logic behind it. I would like to press it. When we come to my amendment No. 9, I think it is very restrictive in what it identifies. It is worthy of having people who are impaired while on prescription drugs included.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: If it is crystal clear in the 2010 Act, I had not seen it.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I will check that out and we can revert to it on Report Stage.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 9: In page 7, to delete lines 12 to 21 and substitute the following: " Reference Number (1) Drug (2) Level (units in whole blood) (3) 1 benzoylecgonine 50µg/L 2 cocaine 10µg/L 3 delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (cannabis) 2µg/L ...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I know that but what we have before us at the moment, namely, only cannabis, cocaine and heroin, is fairly restrictive given the rise in the use of amphetamines and all the other drugs that we know can impair driving. While I acknowledge what the Minister has said about extending the list, I believe that this the time to try to incorporate as many of those drug types as possible. It is...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)
Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 20:In page 15, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 2 of Road Traffic Act 2004 18. The Road Traffic Act 2004, is amended in section 2, by the insertion of the following definitions:" 'housing estate' means an area consisting of a self-contained group of dwellings with a single or multiple entry points for mechanically propelled vehicles;...