Mr. Declan Naughton:

We want to do it in a way that is secure and prevents fraud. There are a number of measures we need to take to be absolutely sure the test is the same as if the person went to a theory test centre. These are the considerations that need to be taken into account.

The Senator referred to the contractual period. To attract people to becoming driver testers we need to offer a decent contract. We need to offer contracts of 18 months at a minimum. The training period is six or seven weeks and there is a lead-in time for recruitment. When offering contracts and trying to attract people we need to offer a minimum time to ensure we get good people into the service. That was the thinking around the duration of the contract.