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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...to that, and this again comes back to young drivers, I understand the RSA is currently looking at the training of young drivers and the syllabus that is there. I recently met the Professional Driving Instructors Association. The syllabus has been the same for approximately the past decade. It needs to be reviewed and work needs to be done on it. Is there any consideration of, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Mr. Sam Waide: I will answer the question on the curriculum. The review of the driving test curriculum, which is significant in the different aspects of it – my colleague will go into those in more detail – is a ministerial priority. It cannot be implemented in a quick manner because the test involves approved driving instructors, ADIs, and it is a collective co-design to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

...the Deputy is right that there are 12 compulsory lessons. Our advice has always been that in between each compulsory lesson, learners should either be working with their sponsor or their approved driving instructor. For each compulsory lesson learners have, they should have a further three lessons. In essence, we recommend 48 lessons rather than the 12 EDT lessons.