Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The purpose of item 8 of Schedule 2 is to amend section 55 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 to give the newly named advisory committee on small public service vehicles, formerly the advising council to the Commission for Taxi regulation, a role in advising the authority on the preparation and review of the newly named strategy plan under section 28 of the 2003 Act and the draft transport strategy and draft integrated implementation plan provided for under sections 12 and 13 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008. This will facilitate integration between the advisory committee on small public service vehicles and the authority. The proposed related amendments Nos. 28 and 29 are purely technical to correct a drafting error in the Bill in the manner in which the new paragraphs were being inserted into the Taxi Regulation Act 2003.