Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association

2:00 am

Mr. Paul Jackman:

Earlier we spoke about our issue with the RSA appointing trainers, being over the training, appointing the testers and being over the testing in every faculty, so that is the CPC, the driver training and youth training. The RSA is on every aspect, so there is no internal audit system. We have found that the truck drivers who land in our yards carrying a shiny licence that has been issued by the State are actually not fit for purpose and we have to train them in the use of modern transport. We must train them how to use the modern equipment that we use because the equipment, training methods and CPC are outdated. When truck drivers come to us, they are not in tune with the transport world as it currently exists. To see so many elements under the one umbrella of the RSA means there are no checks and internal balances.

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