Ms Yvonne Kinnarney:

Reference was made to transition year, TY, and driver safety awareness. I definitely agree that the subject should be compulsory in transition year. As a trainer I currently go out to the TY students.

One of my trainers is out there today and there is one next week with local schools in Mullingar. We do a three-day training course with the transition year, TY, students. The issue that arises is the cost. The cost goes on to the parents. In most cases, they do not have a problem because the course starts the driver off in the right way, but the board of education does not contribute enough, though it contributes a small amount. In some schools, there are up to 70 students doing TY every year.