Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

I am looking at a parliamentary question that I submitted in May where I directly asked whether changing the loophole would require primary or secondary legislation. The reply was that the Department was working on secondary legislation to provide for changes and the RSA was finalising an implementation plan. As such, primary legislation is not required. Mr. Walsh mentioned significant changes that will then follow. Is it the case that a person will not be able to get another learner permit without taking a test after his or her second permit? Is it the case that a person can have no more than four successive permits before he or she has to start the learner driver process again?

I asked about the cut-off point for changing a test being ten days. Can that be lengthened to allow people more opportunities to change their tests? We might thereby see fewer no-shows.