Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union

Mr. Dominic Brophy:

There were quite a lot of questions there so I might ask the Senator to remind me of some of them towards the end. He asked about member numbers and I want to put that into perspective. We are a new union branch. We have only been in existence and ratified since August. Our member numbers are at 90 full-time ADIs at the moment and we estimate the number of ADIs in the country to be closer to 1,000 than 1,761. As far as the member numbers go, we do not pretend to represent anybody except our members. We believe that a voice for driving instructors is required in the business. We are the only independent organisation that represents driving instructors. We are very pleased with our numbers to date given that the union has been set up in the middle of a pandemic when we cannot physically meet people. We have done everything online, we have ratified our group and our membership is nationwide. We are very happy with where we are on the numbers. We are actually exceeding our expectations and we expect, post Covid, to be able to increase that membership greatly again.

Could the Senator remind me of the other questions he asked?

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