Activities of Clare DALY related to 2019/2191(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on railway safety and signalling: assessing the state of play of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment
Amendments (7)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Questions the policy of accelerating the liberalisation of Member States' markets which has increased the precariousness of the railway sector’s workers and has not contributed to the achievement of objectives such as the sufficient expansion of passenger and freight traffic;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the importance of taking into account all stakeholders, including the social partners, in order to help a smooth transition to the system, by providing sufficient support and training for mastering the new signalling system.
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration that the GSM-R technology, which was state-of-the-art at the beginning of ERTMS is becoming obsolete in the face of 4G and 5G;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls that ERTMS could not remove all the technical barriers between networks; apart from signalling, there were still differences in supply voltage, track gauge and the various criteria for admission to national networks.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Recalls well functioning Railways rely on good maintenance and proper investments in the network and rollingstocks, as well as in the quality and reliability of the service;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal for an ERTMS industrial strategy in the framework of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, addressing insufficient industrial capacity, the lack of sufficient workshops for retrofitting and of a stable and predictable budget, and the shortage of qualified staff; Points to the fact that the deployment of ERTMS has an impact on quantitative employment, working conditions and job profiles in several railway professions, infrastructure maintenance, rolling stock maintenance, signalling and traffic management as well as for locomotive drivers. Calls for social dialogue at sector and company level as well as the introduction and proper financing of just transition mechanism for signalling and traffic managements staff as well as for the infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance staff. Calls for a human factor approach in the design and operation of ERTMS at all levels including trade union representatives.
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to boost, in the framework of the Green Deal, dual vocational training for new jobs created by digitalisation and innovation in the field of the new challenges generated by ERTMS deployment; as well as re-and upskilling of railway workers whose jobs are challenged due to the deployment of ERTMS.