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Irish changes coming closer

3rd December 1983
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NEW LEGISLATION to regulate road freight transport will be submitted to the Irish Government shortly, according to Jim Mitchell, the Minister for Transport.

Speaking in Dublin to members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, Mr Mitchell said that the aim of the legislation was to establish an industry based on standards of quality rather than the quantitative restrictions which had applied up to now.

"I believe that a more liberal operating environment will best serve the industry and its users," he said. "Restrictions placed on hauliers, whether they be geographical area, type of operation or class of goods are inefficient and wasteful."

Referring to Ireland's lossmaking state transport company, Coras lompair Eireann, Mr Mitchell said that he would be making recommendations soon based on the McKinsey Report "that will pave the way for rebuilding the company in the future."

The McKinsey Report was published three years ago and recommended that CIE should be reconstituted as three separate transport operating companies with responsibility for rail, national buses and Dublin buses. It also suggested the closure of CIE's sundries and road freight operations.

Mr Mitchell also appealed to the IRTE to make commercial road users more aware of their responsibilities for road safety and loading practices.

Referring to the recently introduced heavier weights, he warned that more effective enforcement is on the way. The Government, he said, is developing a programme to provide more weighing facilities for use by the Republic's police force and is reviewing the level of penalties for breaches of road traffic legislation.

"These measures will help ensure that benefits of heavier vehicles will not be offset by deterioration in our roads infrastructure," he said.


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