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Rail Services. (4 Apr 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I thank Deputy Ring for raising this issue and giving me an opportunity to outline what the Department is doing. The strategic rail review commissioned by my Department contained a comprehensive examination of the rail freight business and its realistic potential to support economic development and contribute to sustainable development. Iarnród Éireann, in responding to the challenges...

Road Traffic (Mobile Telephony) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I congratulate Deputy Olivia Mitchell for introducing this Bill. She stated there was an absence of effective cross-departmental and interagency action on road safety. A high level group on road safety, comprising representatives from various Departments and agencies, has been working for some time to promote full co-operation on cross-cutting issues and an integrated approach to the...

Seanad: Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Amendment No. 1 is grouped with amendment No. 8. This amendment is necessary to clarify the protocol on the accession of the European Community to the European Convention. It is not an amendment to the European Convention. Amendment No. 8 was proposed in the Dáil by Deputy Shortall and accepted by me as it is considered prudent to include the text of the EU protocol as a Schedule to the...

Seanad: Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The Senator was referring to the detention and sale which is not part of the amendments. With respect to him, I know he and his colleagues were concerned about that issue. With the Cathaoirleach's permission, and I hope I am not speaking out of order, I wish to reassure him that I have introduced nothing new into this Bill. Several leasing companies have voiced their concerns on this point....

Seanad: Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 refer to typographical errors which were identified in the Dáil. Amendment No. 6 is a technical amendment relating to a matter also highlighted in the Dáil.

Seanad: Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Amendment No. 4 is a technical amendment intended to avoid doubt. It stems from an administrative oversight concerning the commencement of certain sections of the Aer Lingus Act 2004, which provides, among other things, for the establishment of the employee share ownership schemes. Based on the authority provided for in the Act, shares representing 9.9% of the issued share capital of Aer...

Seanad: Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: It is relevant. Senator Burke raised the question of retrospection. Even if we had not amended the legislation, things would not change for those who will own the shares in the trust. When we took advice from the Attorney General and the officials in my Department, it was felt this should be written into primary legislation. It provides for the relevant parts of the Aer Lingus Act 2004 to be...

Seanad: Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I thank the House for taking the Bill this evening and for accepting the amendments. I am particularly grateful to Senators for their support and understanding, and for accepting the amendments put forward concerning the employee share ownership scheme for Aer Lingus, and the appeals process regarding decisions of the Commission for Aviation Regulation. As some Members of the Opposition...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I thank the Deputies who have contributed to this debate and to the passage of the Bill through the House, in particular Deputies Shortall and Olivia Mitchell who have taken such an interest in it. I thank them and other Deputies who have contributed for their support and understanding and for their acceptance of amendments concerning the employee share ownership scheme for Aer Lingus and the...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: This amendment and amendments Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 11 are being taken together. The Deputies are quite correct. This matter was debated at length on both Second Stage and Committee Stage. All of these amendments arise from concerns about the powers of detention and sale of aircraft for non-payment of airport, air navigation and communications charges. We have taken a policy decision not to impose...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I am advised that the detention and sale provisions in Irish law are similar to those in UK law. Both are common law systems. Eurocontrol have also advised that Greece has a detention procedure and that Cyprus has legislation which will become effective on the entry into force of the revised convention which provides for detention of aircraft until judicial measures are taken against the...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: In addition, Eurocontrol has indicated that member states that have civil law systems have similar powers to seize aircraft for non-payment of debts. All of these procedures, whether under common or civil law, have the same effect of freezing the asset in question and making it available as a security for the payment of a debt. While I gave further consideration over the past ten days to the...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I have nothing further to add.

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, line 39, to delete "or". This amendment is grouped with amendments Nos. 7, 8, and 9 which refine the technical amendments to section 40 of the Aviation Regulation Act 2001. These original technical amendments related to the consideration of appeals of airport and aviation terminal charges determinations made by the Commission for Aviation Regulation. The...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, line 44, to delete "appointed." and substitute "appointed, or".

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, after line 44, to insert the following: "(c) where a commissioner is appointed within the period referred to in paragraph (a) but due to his or her incapacity to act as a commissioner or ceasing to be a commissioner before making the decision within the period of 2 months referred to in subsection (8)— (i) within that period of 2 months, by the deputy...

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, line 3 to delete "(8A)(b)" and substitute "(8A)(b) or (c)(i)".

Aviation Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (21 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I move amendment No. 9a: In page 11, to delete line 40 and substitute the following: "6. — Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 67 of the Act of 1993 are repealed.". This amendment is grouped with amendment No. 10 which was proposed by Deputy Shortall. Following consideration of Deputy Shortall's amendment on Committee Stage, I have had the matter re-examined by the Parliamentary Counsel....

Seanad: Road Safety. (8 Mar 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Before I outline the many measures aimed at trucks, including legislative, regulatory, testing and enforcement measures, which are in place to improve road safety, I will give some statistics relating to collisions and fatalities. There were 334 fatal accidents and 374 fatalities, including 70 pedestrian fatalities, in 2004. There were 23 single vehicle fatal collisions involving goods...