Seanad debates

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

4:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

The Senator is correct that EU regulations governing this area allow member states to exempt types of slow vehicles from the licensing requirements. As I understand it, the central amendment would only apply to passenger vehicles that travel at speeds under 40km/h and the Senator's amendment would exempt them from the licensing process.

I have two issues with this. First, it has never arisen; nobody has ever applied for a licence for a vehicle with such a low operating speed and I am not sure anybody would want to travel in a vehicle that could travel only at speeds under 40km/h. Even in rural areas people need to get around more quickly than that.

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