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Irish farmers face haulage clampdown
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[RISH HAULIERS have won .heir battle to have the operation A agricultural vehicles for hire-or-eward work properly regulated.
For years the Irish Road Hiaulage Association (IRHA) has ;ampaigned to bring agricultural iehicles under the scope of the egislation which governs LG Vs peing used commercially. At Present operators of agricultural raetors such as the powerful fCB Fastrac do not require a -haulage licence: they can legally -un on rebated green diesel and can employ drivers as young as 16.
But now the Road Safety Authority, formed last September, has pledged to bring these vehicles into the scope of the regulations.
At the IRHAannual conference, held over Easter in Dublin. IRHA president Vincent Caulfield said: "These vehicles did not exist when the legislation was introduced in the 1960s. The RSA has pledged to address: the age of the driver; restrictions on weight for safe working; road tax; and fuel duty."
The conference marked the completion of Caulfield's two-year term as president. His successor is Jimmy Quinn,anoperator based in Greenore, County Louth who was formerly IRHA vice-president and press spokesman. This is Quinn's second term as president, after serving in 1995-96.
"We now have one of the bestperforming economies in the world," Quinn told delegates."But 20 years ago the busiest place in Ireland was the departure lounge at Shannon Airport. We've made a lot of progress in that time."