Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 September 2020
69. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if work has taken place on a consolidation project of the Road Traffic Acts in view of the reassurances of his predecessors that such a project was underway; if so, the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24622/20]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, a commitment to consolidate existing Road Traffic legislation was included in Programme for Government agreed by the three Government parties in June of this year.
I must emphasise that such a project is not simply a matter of re-enacting all current legislation into a single instrument. Consolidation is a significant and complex undertaking, necessitating the close examination of each aspect of the legislation to see where it might require drafting improvement. Officials from my Department are current examining how best to progress the commitment in the Programme for Government, taking account of the ongoing needs to ensure that the provisions of road traffic legislation are fit for purpose and to meet our international and European obligations, as well as the current urgent needs to ensure our legislation is appropriate to the demands of the COVID19 pandemic and the upcoming end of the Brexit transition period.
