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- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy McEntee, back to the House. She was here only yesterday. Recommittal will be necessary in respect of amendments Nos. 1, 2, 7, 12 and 20. I ask Members to note that by agreeing to the motion to recommit, the House will allow a Committee Stage-style discussion on those amendments and, therefore, they may speak more than once on each of these amendments. In...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 12 and 20 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 4 and 6 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Thank you. We are doing our best to get through the Bill as fast as we can in order to get it back to the Dáil Éireann next week and to get it passed fully.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 5, 11, 21 and 22 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 8 to 10, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Government amendment No. 8: In page 20, line 13, to delete “An application” and substitute “Subject to subsection (7), an application”.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 13 to 16, inclusive, 18, 19 and 27 to 30, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I welcome Deputy Grealish and his group of visitors to the Public Gallery. I hope they all have a lovely day in Leinster House. It is nice to see the Deputy in the Upper House.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 23 to 26, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Pursuant to Standing Order 154, it is reported to the Seanad that the committee to which amendments Nos. 1, 2, 12 and 20 were recommitted has amended the Title of the Bill.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for her co-operation and help with this Bill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss issues regarding bus driver recruitment with representatives of Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland and the Coach Tourism and Transport Council, CTTC. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from Bus Éireann, Mr. Stephen Kent, chief executive officer, and Ms Jean O'Sullivan, chief people officer; from Dublin Bus, Mr. Billy Hann,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I now invite Mr. Feargal Barton to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Edwards. Senator Timmy Dooley is in the next committee room discussing something far less important than this and I will be taking his speaking slot. I will take a few minutes and then I will bring in Senator Doherty and Deputies Smith and O'Rourke and so on. A lot of this has been in the ether for a while from all of the operators. I have met with various representatives...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If the person fails that test, it is then another three weeks before the company can get a retest. After that, Mr. Edwards mentioned previously that even after a driver passes this it can take five weeks to get the bit of plastic for the CPC. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: In theory, if there were no blockages in the system, Go-Ahead Ireland could take somebody on, they could do the theory test immediately, subject to knowing the stuff already, and Go-Ahead Ireland could get the test that week and the CPC card. Reference was made to allowing drivers to operate for a certain window without the actual piece of plastic. There is no value in the piece of plastic...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: One needs to do training.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Could that be done while the driver is waiting or before the theory test is passed?