Ms Verona Murphy:

In terms of the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, apprenticeship programme, insurance companies use the exact same system to monitor young drivers of HGV and rigid vehicles as they try to attain their licence. We have a stipulation in Ireland that one can only be insured between the age of 25 and 70 once one has two years of driving experience. The insurance coming on board with the HGV driver apprenticeship programme is crucial because we expect that many of the young drivers starting off will be in or around 18 years of age. This is the process that the insurance sector expects to use to monitor drivers.