Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2017
529. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulatory involvement that is applied under his Department's supervision to agricultural vehicles of all types, including trailers, quads, tractors, machinery and agricultural equipment such as sprayers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41588/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAgricultural vehicles, trailers and trailed fully mounted implements, must comply with Road Traffic, Construction, and Equipment & Use, CE&U, regulations in order for the vehicles to be used on the public road. My Department has responsibility for the development and implementation of the CE&U regulations.
The CE&U regulations pertaining to agricultural vehicles were revised by the Road Safety Authority in January 2016. Revised standards were introduced to ensure that the regulatory regime took cognisance of advances in agricultural vehicle technology and that it complies with recognised vehicle standards in relation to a number of key safety areas, i.e. braking, suspension systems, tyres and lighting.
The legislation and policy pertaining to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical falls under the remit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
