Railway Safety Bill 2001

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Railway Safety Bill 2001 would create an independent Railway Safety Commission to oversee rail safety across public railways, light rail, metro, heritage railways and some industrial lines. Railway operators would have to manage risks, prepare approved safety plans, investigate incidents, and prove that new trains and infrastructure are safe; inspectors could order dangerous activities to stop. It would also introduce alcohol and drug testing for safety-critical staff, consultation on roadworks near railways, and a Railway Safety Advisory Council representing the industry, workers, passengers and people with disabilities.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the establishment of a body to be known as the Railway Safety Commission, or in the Irish language, An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, to define its functions, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Railway Safety Advisory Council, or in the Irish language, An Chomhairle Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, to define its functions, to provide for the general duties of railway undertakings and persons working on railways and other persons, to provide for measures to prevent persons from working on railways who are unfit to carry out that work through alcohol or drugs, to provide for matters relating to carrying out works on public roads in the vicinity of railways, to repeal certain provisions of the Regulation of Railways Acts, 1840 to 1893, and other enactments relating to railways, and to provide for related matters

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Last updated 12 April 2018

Sponsor

Minister for Public Enterprise Primary

Progress

First Stage 18 December 2001

Dáil
Second Stage 16 October 2002

Dáil
Committee Stage 27 February 2003

Dáil
Report Stage 30 November 2005

Dáil
Fifth Stage 11 October 2005

Dáil
Second Stage 3 November 2005

Seanad
Committee Stage 16 November 2005

Seanad
Report Stage 23 November 2005

Seanad
Fifth Stage 23 November 2005

Seanad Enacted
Enacted 18 December 2005

Enacted

Debates

Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad.
Dáil 30 November 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages.
Seanad 23 November 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage.
Seanad 16 November 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage.
Seanad 3 November 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage (Resumed).
Dáil 11 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Order for Final Stage.
Dáil 11 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Fifth Stage.
Dáil 11 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Order for Report Stage.
Dáil 5 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit.
Dáil 5 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage.
Dáil 5 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Instruction to Committee.
Dáil 4 October 2005
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage (Resumed).
SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT 7 May 2003
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT 29 April 2003
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage (Resumed).
Dáil 27 February 2003
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Referral to Select Committee.
Dáil 27 February 2003
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage (Resumed).
Dáil 6 February 2003
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage (Resumed).
Dáil 6 February 2003
Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage (Resumed).
Dáil 30 January 2003
Railway Safety Bill, 2001: Order for Second Stage.
Dáil 17 October 2002
Railway Safety Bill, 2001: Second Stage.
Dáil 17 October 2002

Documents

As passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas 20 December 2005
Railway Safety Act 2005 18 December 2005
As passed by Dáil Éireann 20 October 2005
As amended in Committee/Select Committee [Dáil Éireann] 29 April 2003
As Initiated 18 December 2001
Explanatory Memorandum 18 December 2001

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Railway Safety Bill 2001

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