Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)

These amendments relate to Part 12 which provides for serious offences by passengers and members of the public on a train or a railway property. On the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel, I propose a number of changes. First, for reasons of tidiness, I propose to delete the penalty provisions of sections 115, 116 and 118 and insert a new penalty section. Second, I propose to update the penalty for a summary offence in line with the recent increase in District Court limits. Third, I propose to rebalance the penalties for offences, thereby increasing the maximum financial penalty and reducing the maximum prison term. A technical change is made to section 119(c) which should more correctly refer to "this Part" rather than "Part 12".