Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Engagement with Road Safety Authority
Mr. Brendan Walsh:
The Chairman's argument is precisely the argument and discussion we are having internally. We will have 130 testers on our full-time testing curriculum within the next three to four weeks. They will be permanent employees. Of the number I gave the committee, some are temporary testers and some are permanent. The request we are working on is for us to keep some of those temporary testers because we will need them. We are going through the process of hiring permanent testers. Where we can extend people's contracts for a period, we will enter into meaningful discussions with them to do so. The Chairman's point is valid - why let talent go when you already have it in place?
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