Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-21
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Hildegarde Naughton (FG), Galway West

I thank Deputies for their support for the Bill. As stated already, it is an important Bill to ensure that the railway accident investigation unit will continue to have the full range of statutory powers from 31 October. The transposition regulations of 2020 will provide the statutory basis in respect of heavy rail and through the operation of this Bill, the RAIU will be in a position to apply the provisions in the regulations of 2020 to light rail and other railways from 31 October. In this way, the Bill will ensure that the status quo will be maintained in regard to the RAIU powers for investigating and reporting on all railway accidents.
I again thank Deputies for their contributions. I commend the Bill to the House.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-21