Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Acting Chairman for accommodating me, as a non-member of the committee. I welcome the witnesses from the RSA. A year or 18 months ago, I asked during Leaders' Questions about the situation whereby 100 driving test instructors were being let go. Has the current difficulty, with large numbers of young people looking to get their licence, stemmed from that? Why were those instructors let go at that time? Have they all since been taken back? Mr. Walsh said there are 50 or 60 extra testers in place at the moment. I understood that more than 100 instructors were recruited on a temporary basis a few years ago and were then let go. Is that correct?