Mr. Brendan Walsh:

We are at the early stages of looking at how we can change our learning structure within driving education as well as the driving test. Mr. Rowland and I, and our teams, have commenced work on that. Regarding the essential driver training, EDT, the Leas-Chathaoirleach is correct that there is nothing today on motorways, so that is something we think we need to consider. Does that mean we need to add more EDTs? Maybe not. It just means we need to change the existing ones to bring certain elements in. We have already commenced reviewing what is done in other countries. My chief driving tester and I were recently at a conference of the International Commission for Driving Testing, CIECA, which is the governing body for licensing authorities around the world. We looked at what technology is available and how the issues countries across the world had in respect of educating drivers and the driving test were dealt with. We have a high-level plan on paper now. We are looking at what our objective is and the target structure we want to focus on. We want to focus on increasing education, providing the young or new driver with as much training as we can that is applicable for the roads they are driving on today and the vehicles they are driving against. We have started that process. We will be working with our chair and the Department of Transport on how we can bring that to life over the next couple months. We highlighted many activities that we would like to discuss. We need to engage with the ADI sector. There are 2,500 SMEs operating in that area. We want to engage with the public and young drivers in school, even in transition year. I believe that good behaviour does not just start when people decide they want to be a driver. Rather, it has to start when people start using the road, and that can be from age nine or ten. We want to look at all those elements. Mr. Rowland may wish to add to that.