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- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: I have already dealt with this amendment.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: The amendment was not moved but was discussed with amendment No. 2.
- 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: For the benefit of the House, I restate that the only involvement of the service provider is to receive the fixed charge. The service provider has no influence over the quantity of items that may be presented for processing. In other words, the service provider cannot drum up extra business or compel any individual to avail of the fixed charge administration route in lieu of going to court.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: There is a penalty of â¬3,000.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: Yes.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: With regard to Senator McDowell's earlier question, I mistakenly stated that the penalty for the offence was â¬3,000. The penalty is â¬800 for a first offence and â¬1,500 for a second offence. I confused the offence with not producing a driver's licence, which attracts a â¬3,000 penalty. In reply to Senator Finucane, one can nominate the station at which one wants to produce the licence....
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: Ten days is still allowable for this so one does not necessarily have to carry one's licence. I hope this is helpful.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: I support the sentiments express by Senator O'Toole on the issue of a user-friendly, plastic card, driving licence system. Recently, I attended an EU Transport Ministers' Council meeting. Ireland is co-operative in agreeing to an appropriate EU driving licence for all member states but other players are not as willing to participate. Some member states issue a driving licence for life, so an...
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: There is an EU directive on driving licences so, unfortunately, we cannot go ahead ourselves on a temporary basis.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: The determination of the degree of a person's guilt and the appropriate level of the penalty to be applied are matters for the judgment of the courts.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: I would be happy to take Report Stage today, if we have time.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: I apologise for the delay in my arrival.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: No. The Minister is the Minister for Transport and all roads that are not regional are local roads on which there will be an 80 km/h speed limit.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: If they are not taken in charge they are private roads and they are a matter for the management committee of the estate. We cannot impose something on what is deemed to be private property.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: We are seeing more developments where there are private roads within them but the position stands that if it is a private road within a private development, it is outside the bounds of the State to place a traffic restriction. Where these developments exist, the planning authorities are taking a greater interest and putting traffic calming in place, including speed limit restrictions.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: Senator McDowell mentioned that the amendment will not be accepted but that we should debate issue. I agree and I clearly recognise that there is a problem and it needs to be addressed. Senators Quinn and McDowell spoke of the number of people they saw this morning but, equally, Senator Dooley mentioned other areas that were relevant. Simply because a person is not holding a telephone in his...
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: It was not possible to include such a provision in this Bill, for reasons to which the Senator alluded. The legislation might not have been enforceable, for example. Further complications might have arisen as a result of changes in information technology. The answer to Senator McDowell's question is that this is a matter for the Garda. When I speak to people on the telephone, they often say...
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: It is a matter for the Garda at the moment.
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)
Ivor Callely: I agree with the principle of the Deputy's argument. I have indicated that work on the legislation is ongoing, but we have to ensure that it is watertight. We do not want to complicate other matters that might help to improve road safety.