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Vehicle Registration Tax (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: This change and the granting of this contract to Applus+ is a very significant development given that almost 11,400 cars were imported and had to be re-registered here during the first quarter of 2010. The performance of Applus+ with regard to the NCT test is the key concern of those who import cars - whether for personal use or for resale. This was the main thrust of my question, which was...

Vehicle Registration Tax (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Under the old system, the testing company, which at that time was SGS, informed vehicle owners that the NCT was imminent. Why did we not keep a system which appeared to work well for most citizens? Deputy O'Mahony has repeatedly raised the four week rule, under which drivers who are not given a date for a national car test within four weeks are, it seems, entitled to a refund. Refunds do...

Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent meetings with European Union Transport Ministers; if plans were drawn up to establish a central air navigation system for Europe or a wider Functional Airspace Block; the way this new agency will function; when it will be operational; the further way it will interact with the Irish Aviation Authority and the...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said on Committee Stage that he would have a rethink about the fine of €100,000. I am seeking to make similar amendments throughout the Bill to enable the imposition of a fine on maritime companies that misbehave of up to 10% of their turnover instead of €100,000. When I was Labour Party spokesperson on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and the Minister held that...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I accept that but I hope the Minister will address this in the consolidation Bill. We in the Labour Party are determined to do this if we are in charge when that Bill is going through. I withdraw the amendment.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 11, line 13, after "radio" to insert "and microwave video". Since the last debate, I have received legal advice that the 1952 Act does not define "radio". Why can all maritime life not be immediately accessible by controllers on shore in order that people at least would know what is going on? Is there a problem with that? This also relates to a series of...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 14, line 39, to delete "€500" and substitute "€5,000". The amendment relates to District Court fines. Where there is reference to fines in the Bill I considered it useful to increase the level of fines to the District Court maximum, in this case I suggest increasing the fine from €500 to €5,000. I took a similar approach in the remaining amendments....

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I accept the point the Minister is making. However, the Parts of the 1952 Act that we are changing are significant, for example, and relate to someone putting to sea without proper authority or planning. I grant the Minister is updating legislation from more than half a century ago. I will withdraw the amendments on that basis.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: This is where the Bill gets very complicated because we are dealing with amendments to amendments. My first two amendments seek to impose a greater penalty, namely 10% of turnover. The new Part of the Bill introduced by the Minister on Report Stage, which is the tendering operation regulations, appears to be a major improvement in terms of the administration of the operations. I have tabled...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 33 seeks that the construction rules for chemical tankers would apply to all ships in Irish waters. The Minister is saying every country should do its own thing. The problem with the flag states is that countries such as Mongolia will never see the ships under its flag. I do not understand the logic of the Minister. If we stop a ship, are we not...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is really fundamental for those types of vessels.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 33: In subsection (1)(c), in the first line after "ships" where it secondly occurs, to insert "or ships travelling or berthed in Irish waters".

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 33: In subsection (3)(a), after "ships" to insert "including the requirement for double hulls".

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 3 to amendment No. 33: "(g) the flag under which the vessel is registered.".

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Obviously I welcome Chapter 2, the series of amendments Nos. 40 to 48, inclusive, on liquefied gas carriage. I sought, as with the chemical carriers, to insert a number of amendments, which again would have opened up the maximum fine. These are amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, to amendment No. 42, which would have opened up the possibility of a find equivalent to 10% of turnover. It is...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: No; it is just that we have not got around to it.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Yes. In the previous Dáil, when there was a Department with responsibility for the marine under Deputy Dempsey, there were interesting developments in the IMDO, but from what the Deputy just read out, nothing much has changed in the last couple of years. This may have to do with fiscal rules and so on. With regard to flags of convenience, from my own viewpoint and that of the labour...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The rules governing the construction and passage of nuclear carriers are of great interest to many people. What rules apply at present under international maritime law and the treaties to which we subscribe? The biggest stocks of plutonium and uranium in the world are located in Sellafield, just across the Irish Sea from County Louth. Can the Minister assure us that ships which carry...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: They would want to do it faster than they did at Christmas with the ice and snow.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister was a Minister for the Environment and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was a distinguished Minister for the Environment.