Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019

Photo of Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That would be excellent.

I am almost finished. I wish to make one final point. It concerns small public service vehicle, SPSV, licences, which are used by those who typically provide a local minibus or vital service. There are currently huge delays in the granting of these licences. The SPSV licence is a requirement for those who want to gain employment in that sector. In recent months, we have seen how schools, particularly in rural areas, have been pressurised because of the Covid restrictions in respect of seating limits on buses. It requires increasing numbers of drivers being able to take on contracts in rural areas. If the drivers cannot take the test, they cannot drive the buses and play their role in that system. Can Mr. Naughton tell members anything about how the process can be sped up? The delays are denying people the opportunity to take up employment and keeping some of them on the live register unnecessarily.

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