Mr. Dominic Brophy:

We have had very little consultation. We have tried our best, for many months now, to get in contact with the Road Safety Authority and the Department of Transport. It would be wrong for me to say there has been no communication but it would be correct for me to say there has been no meaningful communication. We are always referred to the stakeholders' forum as a representative group. The problem with the stakeholders' forum is it simply does not represent ADIs. We are in the middle of a pandemic which is a disaster for our industry, as it is for many industries. If, in the space of a year, when a pandemic has struck and driving instructors are losing their livelihoods, and the stakeholders' forum has met once in 13 months, it is not representation. This is why we are talking with the committee today. We want proper representation and proper consultation. We are intelligent people, willing to sit at a table and work through the problems in a constructive manner, but we have had little or no communication.