Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Car Testing: Discussion
Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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In regard to commercial vehicle testing side of it, it has such an impact. In the past week, I had a case in my constituency of a child with disabilities who needed to have a special taxi to take them to school. After a lot of going, they were sanctioned to get that. However, the person who was awarded the contract cannot find a driver. It is the same all over the country and all of us are experiencing that. Yet, there are people out there who say they want to do that but find it a very onerous task to get to the situation where they can get a licence.