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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Governor whom I have known for a long number of years. How would the counter-cyclical capital buffers work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: Another new initiative is the central credit register. How is that working so far?

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, to delete lines 12 to 15 and substitute the following: “(2) This Act will be commenced within 28 days of being signed by the President of Ireland.”. I welcome the Minister back to the House. In terms of the Ireland-UK agreement signed by Ambassador Chilcott and the Minister's wish to restrict drug driving and local speed limits, I believe the...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for his reply and utterly accept his bona fides that we are all on the same side on this. I am delighted those measures will be ready for implementation by the middle of this year. One must acknowledge that the legislation was passed in 2010 and that the years in between have been difficult, with many different things happening - not least in regard to the ability of...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, line 29, after “it” to insert “and where the drug use did not impair the person’s driving capability”. These two amendments concern drugs and I stress that I am on the Minister's side. I am particularly conscious of the drug-related death in Cork over the weekend. In amendment No. 2, I am looking to see if a belt and...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. I know he has been dealing with this and will do so again tomorrow as there is a section in the Public Transport Bill on people leaving the scene of an accident. The Minister has established his credentials in dealing with these issues. Prescription drugs featured prominently in a coroner's case yesterday in respect of an accident in Bansha, County Tipperary, where...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 4:In page 15, line 18, to delete “hour,” and substitute the following:“hour. In areas where the designated limit is 20 kilometres per hour the guidelines may specify further traffic calming measures and shared uses of road space. There shall be public consultation between the road authorities and residents of areas where the designated limit of 20...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. This debate was also taking place yesterday in Belfast. I think the proposal in the central Belfast district is to reduce the speed limit from 40 mph to 20 mph. There are the usual complaints but the point, if I can recall the numbers correctly, was that the reduction in fatalities is about 70%. There is a massive difference between being hit by a car at 40 mph and...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 5:In page 16, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“20. Each provider of road insurance shall publish data on premiums, awards and risk for each category of driver and vehicle and each type of insurance held, the cost of awards under both litigation and PIAB and the costs of uninsured drivers and failed insurance companies.”. A number of strands...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister. I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 6:In page 16, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of "driving licence," after "his or her" where it occurs,". The Minister is dealing with cyclists who previously would not give their name and address to a garda, as I understand to mean by the amendment of section 7 of the Principal Act. I have tried to tie that...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: Are we satisfied that the failure to produce driving licences has been fully addressed? It was still in the ether, certainly in the term of office of the Minister's immediate predecessor, Deputy Leo Varadkar, when about 40% of offences, at one stage, were alleged to have been committed by people who were not licensed at all, but they pretended not to be so as to escape the system. I accept...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 7:In page 16, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5): "(6) Trailers and semi-trailers referred to in this section shall require a separate certificate of roadworthiness of each trailer.".". Using a trailer or semi-trailer with a maximum permissible weight exceeding 3,500 kg without a licence is...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I am aware that this year's budget was warmly received by the owners of those vehicles because it provided for a substantial reduction in taxation. One would hope that did not occur at the expense of safety and, perhaps, that is something which might be taken up on an EU-wide basis. I am concerned at the number of vehicles being towed which do not have the same registration plate as the one...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 8:In page 21, after line 40, to insert the following: “PART 6Measures to improve vehicle safety 26. The Minister shall under the Innovation 2020 and other programmes cause to be conducted research on vehicle safety such as alcohol locking devices, vehicle immobilisation where seat belts are not worn, driver exhaustion recognition, obstacle recognition and driver...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I do not intend to pursue the amendment. However, it is useful in Parliament to ventilate, as the Minister has, that there are other sources of data that we need to consider. I hope hospitals, general practitioners and the insurance industry will always co-operate in this regard. This is a matter on which we are all on the one side and the data should be as comprehensive as possible. The...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (26 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I agree with all Senators. I am delighted that Report Stage was taken today and aware of the Minister's satisfaction in that regard. I thank him and his officials and wish him well.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister of State. I express my appreciation of the energy he has brought to dealing with problem by visiting as many places as possible. There were unnatural expectations that Ministers could act the part of King Canute by appearing wherever there were floods to wave them back. However, the problem has much deeper roots. There is a case detailed in the Irish Examinertoday...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Second Stage (20 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister to the House. I agree with what Senator Norris said about the wildlife section of the Bill, but I would emphasise its other two parts, namely, canals and the Heritage Council. We have our Minister, Minister Carál Ní Chuilín who will look after the same activities in Northern Ireland, and Dawn Livingstone who is the chief executive of Waterways Ireland....