Government Legislation Programme Spring / Summer 2018

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Transport related bills from the government's Legislation Programme Spring/Summer 2018
https://merrionstreet.ie/en/ImageLibrary/Legislative_Programme_Spring_Summer_2018.pdf

Railway Safety Regulation Bill
To amend sections 9 and 10 of the Railway Safety Act 2005
Heads in preparation, PLS still to be determined

Dublin Transport Authority (Amendment) Bill
To amend Section 52 of the DTA Act 2008
Work is underway, PLS still to be determined

Health (Transport Support) Bill
To provide for a scheme to make individual payments as a contribution towards transport costs to people with severe disabilities on a low income who cannot access public transport
Work is underway, PLS still to be determined

Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill
To provide for sharing of vehicle registration data with EU Member States in accordance with EU Prum Decisions
Heads approved 11th July 2017

Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill
To amend the regulation of airport charges in Ireland
Heads in preparation

Aviation Regulatory Reform Bill
To facilitate reform of the overall provision of safety and economic regulatory oversight of the aviation sector in Ireland
Heads in preparation

Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill
To amend the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1997 to extend the existing powers of the IAA, with regard to its safety regulation function, to recoup costs through fees and charges for its aviation security regulation functions. It will also provide for the recognition of the role of the IAA in compliance monitoring with regard to ICAO Annex 17
Heads approved 13th September 2017, PLS taken on 22nd November 2017

Large Public Service Vehicles Bill
To provide for a new regulatory regime for large public service vehicles
Preparatory work underway

Master Licence Record Bill
To link vehicle and driver records as one interconnected file
Work is underway

Merchant Shipping (International Conventions) Bill
To provide a framework to enable Ireland to become a party to and implement a number of international maritime conventions and to update existing legislative provisions to take account of amendments to other maritime conventions
Heads in preparation

Noise Related Operating Restrictions at Dublin Airport Bill
To facilitate the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Dublin Airport and to give full effect and implementation to the provisions of EU Regulatino 598/2014
Work is underway

Road Safety Authority (Amendment) Bill
To update and strengthen the powers of the RSA
Preparatory work is underway

Road Traffic (Compulsory Motor Insurance) Bill
To revise and consolidate legislation on compulsory motor insurance
Preparatory work is underway

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Bills before the Dáil and Seanad (23 in total)
Bills on Dáil Order Paper

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 Second Stage Resumed

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Just to add, this is Paragraph 52 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2008/act/15/section/52/enacted/en/html#sec52