Loading and unloading restrictions
The Minister said loading rules are set by Garda Commissioner bye-laws and any changes would initially be for the Commissioner. Dr. O'Connell challenged the Minister’s responsibility and asked to redirect the question to the Minister for Justice; the Chair refused.
asked the Minister for the Environment if any consideration has been given to restricting loading and unloading to off-peak hours to help ease the traffic problem in Dublin city.
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Restrictions on loading and unloading of vehicles is an aspect of traffic control governed by bye-laws made by the Commissioner of the Garda Siochána. The bye-laws provide inter alia for the use of loading bays and the prohibition of loading or unloading on clearways during specified hours. Any change in these provisions would be initially a function of the Commissioner.
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Why was this question directed to the Minister for the Environment? Obviously the Minister for the Environment is as much concerned about it as the man in the moon. It is obviously the function of some Department or some Minister.
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I am asking if I must re-address this question to the Minister for Justice? Obviously the question has been addressed to the wrong Minister.
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But if the Minister who answers says that he has no function in the matter and that it is a matter for the Department of Justice, the question must be addressed to the Minister for Justice.