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Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator said all that in his previous contribution.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I have a question with regard to a vehicle that has been hired from the holder of an operator's licence for use in the agricultural area, such as tractors that draw grain or where a plant operator must tow a JCB or a HI-MAC on a low loader. What is the position in that regard? Do these people need licences to travel on the public road? Will the Minister clarify that, please?

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: What about jarveys in Killarney?

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: As Members have gone through all the amendments, I compliment the Minister. The legislation-----

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I wish to make a point to the Minister before getting into Report Stage.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: On the Schedule, I ask the Minister to give an undertaking that agricultural vehicles, vehicles involved in plant hire haulage and so on be given exemptions. I ask the Minister to consider this on Report Stage.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The majority of those concerned would have single-vehicle operations. It is not as though fleets of agricultural vehicles would go on the road drawing material and I note not much construction is going on at present. It pertains to self-operators and so on and I acknowledge that certain exemptions exist. However, the Minister should consider this because people are not aware one requires a...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I accept the Minister's points. As he stated, the majority of agricultural vehicles, especially those which would be involved in hire work, travel at more than 50km/h. While the Minister has stated he cannot make exceptions in respect of this legislation, he should give consideration to this issue in the context of the more comprehensive transport Bill he intends to bring through the...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature. (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Road Transport Bill 2011 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.''.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: It is correct, not technically correct.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Perhaps if they apologised.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I was not going to speak on this amendment but I must reply to some of the points made. Members are missing the point. The Minister pointed out that this does not disqualify anybody from getting a licence. That is the main issue. It gives the Minister the right to say whether he will issue a licence to these people. That is the point of this legislation. It is not about the Good Friday...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Members seem to be missing the point. This does not disqualify anybody from receiving a licence. The Minister makes the call.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: That is a hypothetical scenario.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Minister is not a fortune teller.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator is asking a hypothetical question that cannot be answered.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator is out of order.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: He is the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, not for horoscopes.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: They have never apologised.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: That is uncalled for.