Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

This is a technical amendment to section 34, which replaces sections 37 to 47, inclusive, of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001. The amendment simply clarifies that the amendment is to that Act, as amended by the Railway Safety Act 2005. The 2005 Act amended the period of public consultation as set out in section 40 of the 2001 Act from 14 to 30 days. The Bill replaces this section and changes the time period to six weeks, bringing the process into line with the other consultation periods set out for strategic infrastructure in the Bill and creating a consistent approach across all forms of strategic infrastructure.