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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-05-17/3/
17 May 2001 -
shall be as follows: No. 23 a , motion re membership of committees; No. 7, Horse and Greyhound Racing Bill..., 2001 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 6, Adventure Activities Standards Authority...Bill, 2000 – Second Stage (resumed).
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-05-16/20/
16 May 2001 -
Bell I am pleased to have this opportunity to contribute to the Adventure Activities Standards Authority...Bill, 2000....Why are certain activities such as fishing excluded from the Bill?...Will a planning application for permission to operate certain activities require local authorities to...I am satisfied with the section in the Bill which allows for the adding of activities.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-07-04/18/
4 Jul 2001 -
Bell I move amendment No. 9: In page 18, line 43, to delete "carry on an adventure activity" and substitute..."act as an adventure activities operator"....Having had further discussion on this, it is my opinion that, in this regard, the Bill has a very serious...I appeal to the Minister of State to listen to what I have said about this very serious flaw in the Bill...Otherwise, he may be left with a Bill containing a very serious legal flaw.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-06-23/13/
23 Jun 2011 -
following: " No. 1 of 2001 Aviation Regulation Act 2001 Section 25 No. 34 of 2001 Adventure...Activities Standards Authority Act 2001 Section 29 ".
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-03-10/3/
10 Mar 2005 -
fortnight ago I raised with the Tánaiste the matter of the establishment day for the implementation of the adventure...activities standards authority.
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Debate: Select Committee On Communications, Marine And Natural Resources
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_communications_marine_and_natural_resources/2005-06-07/10/
7 Jun 2005 -
.2, I have a question that relates to our deliberations this morning concerning the Maritime Safety Bill...Approximately three or four years ago, we passed a Bill establishing the Adventure Activities Standards...Authority....Has the authority been established?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-04-19/130/
19 Apr 2000 -
activities....report on 4 June 1999 with a number of recommendations, including the establishment of a statutory authority...proposed legislation, the introduction of which is part of the Government's legislative programme for 2000...1999 to enhance and extend the Centre Standards Board – CSB – scheme of inspection of providers' facilities...and to consult with a view to drawing up a blueprint for an inspection scheme which the new statutory authority
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-07-04/18/
4 Jul 2001 -
for Occupational Safety and Health, national governing bodies for adventure activities, a representative...of the staff of adventure activities operators and persons having such knowledge, skills or experience...would so misbehave themselves as to merit dismissal, then he should provide for that in the Bill....Under it the Minister can at any time dismiss the chairperson and any member of the authority....Under another provision in the Bill the Minister could also fire the director.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2001-07-05/10/
5 Jul 2001 -
Other Senators have rehearsed the functions and purpose of the Bill so I do not intend to go into that...legislation is desirable in that it provides the statutory umbrella under which certain commercial adventure...activities will be covered....that proper safety regulations are in operation and that properly trained people conduct courses and activities...Questions exist in relation to the functions of the new independent standards authority and how it will
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-06-19/14/
19 Jun 2001 -
The Taoiseach It is proposed to take No. 54, Adventure Activities Standards Authority Bill, 2000 –...Second Stage (resumed) and No. 55, Company Law Enforcement Bill, 2000 – Order for Report and Report and
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Debate: Select Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2001-06-27/3/
27 Jun 2001 -
Byrne I understand why the Deputy puts forward these suggestions as regards membership of the new authority...Since publication of the Bill my Department has received a number of comments from within the sector...as to the membership of the authority....that will match standards anywhere else in the world....working group and endorsed by the Association for Adventure Sports in the blueprint document it produced
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-03-30/14/
30 Mar 1999 -
In introducing this Bill, I am conforming to the necessity for a Bill for water-based activity centres...This Bill proposes a new licensing and policing system under the aegis of the Health and Safety Authority...Currently, the Association for Adventure Sports, AFAS, does a good job in setting standards for adventure...I am not saying that under this Bill the Association for Adventure Sports standards should be abolished...In 1995 the British Government introduced a Bill to regulate activity centres.
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Debate: Select Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2001-06-27/3/
27 Jun 2001 -
The section defines "adventure activity operators" and makes provision for amendments to the definition...later by way of ministerial order in consultation with the authority.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2001-07-05/10/
5 Jul 2001 -
The purpose of the Bill is to put safety first....hope as a consequence there will be greater awareness of the necessity for safety measures in all the activities...The Bill came about as a result of an accident at sea....Adventure sports, by their nature, involve risk and that risk is the attraction....As Senators said, we are all becoming more health conscious and want to engage in these activities.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-05-23/2/
23 May 2001 -
Finucane I welcome the decision to take Second Stage of the Adventure Activities Standards Authority...Bill....However, I encourage the Taoiseach to ensure that the Bill passes all Stages before the summer recess
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2004-10-14/4/
14 Oct 2004 -
What was the cause of the delay with the Adventure Activities Standards Authority in particular?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2002-02-20/99/
20 Feb 2002 -
It will also take over the safety functions in relation to pleasure craft and adventure activities at...It is my intention that work will now be progressed under the directorate to have the new adventure activities...standards authority established as quickly as possible.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-03-31/29/
31 Mar 1999 -
Belton I compliment Deputy Finucane on bringing forward this important Bill....The Bill can only help to further this aim...., proper safety standards are both desirable and necessary....to a voluntary code of safety standards devised by the Association for Adventure Sports....Resources in co-operation with the Health and Safety Authority.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-06-04/4/
4 Jun 1998 -
Finucane I am pleased with the Minister's statement that there will be no dilution of safety standards...because of the exemptions to the Bill....The area of adventure centres must be looked at because responsibility for them is very diluted....responsibility, nor does the Minister, even though many of them are concerned with exclusively marine related activities...Although it does excellent work and tries to issue safety standards, etc., there is no underpinning legislation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2001-07-05/11/
5 Jul 2001 -
Such charges are at the root of the problem with this Bill....will result from this legislation whereby one group of operators will be outside the ambit of the Bill...The activities involved are fringe pursuits and do not have significant resources....accepted, schools and vocational education committees which operate on a shoestring regarding outdoor and adventure...activities would also be funded by the Government.
