Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion

Mr. Andrew Edwards:

We would like a dedicated driving examiner. We are working with the RSA, which is giving us a dedicated resource from its side, but we would like to see a dedicated in-house driving examiner. That would allow us to do tests on a more regular basis ourselves instead of having to book and wait for tests when drivers are ready to go through. There is a card called a certificate of professional competence, where the driver gets a range of accreditations before they drive. They need the physical card before they can drive in service. We ask that drivers be allowed to drive once they pass their test. The information is in the system already; they just need the physical card to go with it. It takes quite some time after the application has been posted for the RSA to process it and post it back to the individual.

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