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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

...are being introduced with regard to learner drivers following the experience of the family in Cork, where Mr. Clancy lost his wife and daughter. We have been approached by a number of approved driving instructors who have raised their concerns with the Road Safety Authority on learner drivers arriving to do their driving test unaccompanied and perhaps failing their test and leaving the...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...communities and families have, unfortunately, been hit by road fatalities and serious injuries. Road safety is of the utmost importance to every community. I wish to raise a specific issue around driving test centres. I live in north County Dublin, which has the fastest growing population in the country. Many young people living there want to qualify as drivers but are unable to access...

Adjournment Debate Matters (13 Feb 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...psychologists under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments; (6) Deputy Joe Costello — to clarify the new provisions by the Road Safety Authority in respect of examination of driving instructors and especially the validity of examinations already passed by driving instructors under the auspices of the Department of Transport; (7) Deputy P. J. Sheehan — the serious...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Jan 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I have no plans to amend the requirements on learner drivers or the driving test itself; we must continue to expect a high standard of our learner drivers before they can be allowed to take to the road as fully licensed drivers. The last year that an amnesty for learner drivers was granted, 1979, there were 614 deaths on our roads with much smaller volumes of traffic, compared with a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ..., we reached the point where the numbers on waiting list for tests were quite low but they are now quite high again. We need to bear in mind that we need to protect the health and safety of driving instructors and testers - I know the Deputy will also want to do that - and this means that there are fewer slots than there used to be. The Road Safety Authority has put in place a system...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Mar 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to Garda driving instructor posts in Templemore College, the number of filled posts; the number of vacant posts; if there are any vacant posts; when these will be filled; if there are plans to increase the number of posts; if so, when will they be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...xe1;na including the training of its members and civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Commissioner that there is a five-level suite of competency based driving (CBD) courses, with each level specifically catering for the required knowledge base, skill set and operational requirements of Garda members. CBD Level 1 consists of a one-day...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific details regarding the rules and regulations for the election of members of the Approved Driving Instructors Stakeholders Forum; the personnel allocated with the responsibility of calling the elections; the criteria for elections and for candidates; the rules regarding the timeline for announcing and running elections to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (13 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...training of the Garda members and staff of An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Commissioner that there is a five level suite of competency based driving (CBD) courses, with each level specifically catering for the required knowledge base, skill set and operational requirements of members undergoing the relevant training....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: I had a meeting with concerned interested parties yesterday where a serious concern hangs over the future of the driving test centre in Skibbereen. I have been informed that at least one of the two driving testers will move on at the end of December, which will leave the driving centre with skeleton staff. People who booked the driving test in Skibbereen two weeks ago were informed they...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Driver Licences (16 Dec 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Moloney: ...this evening. I come from a very rural part of County Kerry. Many young people in the area work in nearby towns that are 15 or 20 miles away. As the Minister knows, it is illegal for a learner driver to drive without being accompanied by a qualified driver. This is causing many problems in parts of rural Ireland where there are no DART, Luas, bus or train services. Young men and women...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary)
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: ...RSA operates it. However, we could be at cross purposes here. It is something that we will take up with the RSA, but if the issue here is that the RSA has inadequate funding to retain these 34 driving instructors, the committee is duty bound to ask. If it is a funding issue, I assume discussions are ongoing between the RSA and the Department on this.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (20 Sep 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...of the members and civilian staff of An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Commissioner that there is a five level suite of competency based driving (CBD) courses, with each level specifically catering for the required knowledge base, skill set and operational requirements of members undergoing the relevant training. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 Nov 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I appreciate that there are costs involved in the process of learning to drive and obtaining a driving licence, most specifically in respect of insurance, test charges, and lesson fees. I believe, however, that these costs are not particularly high when measured against the cost of running a car in the long term. Nor is the cost of taking the driving test itself unreasonable when held against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

...: Yes, the Deputy is quite right. We do not know the numbers because when people apply for a test they do not tell us their occupation. The public health advice that we have received is that driving instructors should only be doing pretest lessons and not the mandatory EDT lessons. That is the public health advice that we have got and that is what we abide by in terms of the advice to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Feargal Quinn: ...college without sufficient ability is frightening. We should draw attention to this, the country should be in uproar over such a possibility. According to another report in today's newspapers, driving instructors are unregulated and a scheme is to be introduced to ensure instructors who have permission to teach motorists to drive will be regulated in future. I hope this idea does not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Feb 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The provision of driving instruction has been defined in legislation introduced by my colleague, the Minister for Health, as an essential service that may continue under level 5 restrictions, albeit in extremely limited circumstances. Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) may continue to provide lessons , but only in such circumstances where the learner in question has already completed...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Pat Carey: I welcome the Bill, the purpose of which is to establish the driver testing and standards authority that will be responsible for the driver testing service. However, although this will be the primary function of the authority, its overall aims will not stop there. The role of driver testing in ensuring drivers reach an acceptable level of competence is important in the overall context of road...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Sep 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under European Union Regulation (EU) 2022/1280, which came into force on 27 July, Ukrainians residing in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive may drive here on their national driving licences. All categories on the holder's Ukrainian licence are recognised. The Regulation applies to driver documents held by Ukrainians admitted to the EU under the Temporary Protection Directive and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Michael Collins: My office has been inundated with requests from constituents seeking assistance in expediting their driving tests. These are mostly young people and they are waiting ten months or more for a driving test. Many of these have secured job offers but are unable to accept them due to the lack of transportation in rural Ireland. We do not have a frequent bus service, the Luas or regularly...