Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion
Mr. Sam Waide:
We are working with the provider and it has identified a plan. It has a challenge with staff attraction and retention, as many employers and organisations do. We are looking to return to normal service levels at the end of quarter 1, in March or April. That is linked into coming back from Covid and the many attributes of that challenge.
The only other point I will make, and it was a part of your question, Chairman, is about the driver testing resource. We have continued discussions and submitted a proposal to my departmental colleagues to address the temporary nature of the workforce delivering driver tests. From an organisational point of view, and for any organisation delivering services, there is a known ongoing demand for driving tests in this country. We have submitted a proposal to the Department identifying the number of substantive testers required.
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