Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion

Mr. Mark Synnott:

I will just clarify a couple of points. We typically have two shift patterns that operate in our test centres. There is the core shift, which is a Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. equivalent, and there is a non-core shift, which includes evening working and weekends. These are well-established shift patterns. With regard to compensation, the salaries that are produced by the Central Statistics Office suggest that we pay a premium of about 20% across all of our shifts, relative to what is available. I take on board, however, that there are higher salaries available in the industry, but these are also for higher qualified staff. Last year, 21 of our staff left the service to pursue a higher salary within the industry.

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