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Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: It opposes the proposal with regard to badly injured persons who may be unable to recover the full amount of compensation to which they would be legally entitled. Insurance persons found negligent would suffer financial ruin. Those were the two main points raised by the Law Society. The society also asked whether, if the provision is enacted, it would have an opportunity to make submissions...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: I thank all Members of the House for their assistance in passing the Bill and challenging me on certain aspects of it. This is important legislation and I am pleased that it has passed all Stages in both Houses and will now be sent to the President for enactment. The Bill deals with the change from imperial to metric speed limits, outsourcing and insurance issues. All three areas were well...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: An area of responsibility I am delighted to have relates to the provision of accessible transport, which involves accommodating persons with an impairment or disability of any form. I take this opportunity to ask all parking space providers, whether private operators, local authorities or other service providers, to review their arrangements with regard to the number of spaces available for...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: This section sees the introduction of a new general exemption for the drivers of emergency vehicles from the application of restrictions, requirements and prohibitions imposed under the Road Traffic Acts generally. The Road Traffic Acts and a number of statutory instruments made under those Acts provide the basis for a series of exemptions from certain provisions for the drivers of emergency...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: If they are designated as emergency vehicles they are covered.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: Vehicles currently covered under emergency regulations are Garda cars, fire brigades, and ambulances.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: No.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: No. However, a doctor and nurse have a vehicle available and personnel to drive them. If they do not use a designated vehicle and if they are required by the Garda Síochána to attend, it is not uncommon for the Garda to bring them to and from the accident.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: No.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: It is outside the scope of the Road Traffic Acts.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: If owners of a private car park, such as the one the Senator has mentioned, operate a procedure, notice of which is duly posted and visible to users of the car park, I am not sure what would happen should somebody challenge and bring a case before the courts. However, it is not covered by the Road Traffic Acts.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Finucane for his remarks. I support his assertion that all Members of the Oireachtas have a role to play in terms of providing leadership on the issue of road safety and the speed at which vehicles are driven, regardless of whether one is driving such a vehicle or whether one is a passenger therein. It is the desire of the Government and the Taoiseach that those driving...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: I merely wish to place some details on the record because reference was made to a Volvo car. Some ministerial cars are Volvos and, as Senator Finucane stated, the Volvo company has a good safety record. However, there was a degree of ambiguity in the way reference was made to that record. Due to the quick action of the driver on the occasion in question and the safety mechanisms in the car,...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: I must declare that I purchased and utilised a number of mechanically propelled vehicles before I reached the age of 16. I began buying and selling motorbikes when I was in school in order to make some money for myself. However, I do not believe we are discussing such behaviour. As Senator McDowell stated, we are concerned with addressing some of the unacceptable and anti-social activities...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: It might not have happened if I had not been in the Department but it is now happening. Excusing the pun, it will continue to roll as long as I am in the Department and I will keep it on track. A couple of decisions have been made on safety barriers that the House will welcome, namely, the construction of any motorway will include the appropriate safety barrier. The work being done on the...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: Yes. The manager will have authority on regional and national roads should it be so required. That is a temporary measure for a maximum period of 12 months. The Garda Síochána handles matters such as oil spills, which may not require a reduction in the speed limit. This normally does not require changing the speed limit for any length of time because it is an acute problem which is dealt...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: No, but the gardaí normally divert the traffic. I met the Assistant Garda Commissioner and the chief superintendent recently on issues concerning the M50 and St. John's Road and other recent incidents. I have asked them to come back to me with a contingency plan to deal with incidents such as oil spills or accidents, which cause traffic disruption. I am waiting to hear from them on that.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: No. The speed limit on motorways or roads is the maximum limit and people are asked to apply appropriate speeds depending on the weather and other conditions that might affect their driving. The Garda does not have power to change the limit. My Department is considering intelligent traffic management systems to have the appropriate mechanism on our modern road network by which we could use an...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Quinn for his comments but I am being cautious because this is not really within my remit. That issue is not within my Department's remit of responsibility. It is a matter for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. However, I will come back to the Senator with the 2005 programme. Both myself and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, are keen to witness an...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Ivor Callely: All signs will be changed before the changeover to metric speed limits at midnight on 19 January.