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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: All enquires relating to driver licensing are handled by the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS), the provision of which I have delegated to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the relevant legislation. I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the RSA for direct reply. If she has not heard from them in 10 working days, I would ask that she contact my office directly.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: All enquires relating to driver licensing are handled by the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS), the provision of which I have delegated to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the relevant legislation. I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the RSA for direct reply. If she has not heard from them in 10 working days, I would ask that she contact my office directly.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government is acutely aware of the devastating impact that COVID-19 restrictions are having on the aviation sector and from the outset has sought to ensure that the aviation industry is in a position to rebound quickly when the public health situation allows. Government supports for the airports, airlines and companies in the aviation sector have been provided throughout this crisis. By...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: In March, I was delighted to launch the Safe Routes to School Programme which will support Active Travel infrastructure for selected schools around the country. The Programme will see approximately €15 million of funding this year to support walking, scooting and cycling to primary and post-primary schools. As the Deputy is likely aware, the Safe Routes to School Programme aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: In line with the further easing of restrictions, the gradual re-opening of in-person driver theory test centres will commence after the 7th of June. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will reopen its network of test centres and will be permitted to conduct 25,000 driver theory tests per month. Prior to COVID-19, the RSA provided 15,000 tests per month. In light of the significant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: In line with the further easing of restrictions, the gradual re-opening of in-person driver theory test centres will commence after the 7th of June. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will reopen its network of test centres and will be permitted to conduct 25,000 driver theory tests per month. Prior to COVID-19, the RSA provided 15,000 tests per month. In light of the significant backlog of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The RSA has been working to deliver an online service, with a pilot online test underway for trucks and buses. This pilot service has now been extended to include a limited number of car and motorbike tests. The new offering online will see 4,000 online theory tests available for all categories of vehicles per month. Tests are available on a ‘first come, first served’...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of the Driver Test. The protocol for scheduling appointments is an operational matter for the RSA and I do not have any role in this process. This question is being referred to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: An applicant for a Group 2 (bus and/or truck) driving licence must meet the minimum physical and mental fitness and eyesight standards specified in Schedules 6 and 7 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (SI 537 of 2006), as amended. Detailed information on the standards can be found in the latest version of the Sláinte agus Tiomáint Medical Fitness to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can advise the Deputy that an outbreak of Covid-19 was confirmed in Mountjoy Prison on 7 May, 2021. This was the most serious outbreak to occur within the prison system to date and resulted in 38 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the general prisoner population. The outbreak was managed in line with the Prison Service Contingency Plan for the Management of Covid-19, which sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the principles governing the awarding of remission are contained within Rule 59 of Statutory Instrument no 252 of 2007 (the Prison Rules), as amended by Statutory Instrument No 385 of 2014. In summary, prisoners sentenced to a term of imprisonment, with the exception of prisoners without a determined sentence, for example life sentence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service has advised that it provides a range of therapeutic, support and counselling services to prisoners. These services remain in place throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to contain the risk of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic, a range of measures, including restrictions on the type of access to prisons and prisoners has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Irish Prison Service currently has a range of rehabilitative, therapeutic and counselling services available for prisoners at all times. I can inform the Deputy that I am also aware that prisoners have access to some additional external community based in-reach services who provide community-based offender support, and peer support services and programmes. The Deputy will understand...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Deputy will be aware, restorative justice is a criminal justice process which has been shown to help victims recover from crime, reduce reoffending and save public resources and it is now widely accepted that restorative justice is compatible with the traditional criminal justice systems of both common law and civil law jurisdictions. The Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Question Heading for question(s) 521 (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can inform the Deputy that while responsibility for this matter rests with my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, my Department has engaged with all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, with a view to having it resolved. It is my understanding that the matter is under consideration by the Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (1 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising this matter as the full implementation of the recommendations of the O'Malley Review has been a priority for Minister McEntee and that will continue during my time as Minister of State in the Department of Justice. Following publication of 'Supporting a Victim’s Journey' - our plan to implement the recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. All postal addresses, geographical addresses and geo-locations are provided to Eircode from authoritative sources, namely An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland through their subsidiary company An Post GeoDirectory. An Post collects information on all new and existing buildings, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under legislation, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of the Theory Test. The RSA has been working to deliver an online theory test service, with a pilot online test already underway for trucks and buses. This pilot service has now been extended to include a limited number of car and motorbike tests.  The new offering will see 4,000 online...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Yield (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Gross motor tax receipts for Cork County Council (including receipts collected on behalf of Cork City Council) for the years 2016 to 2020 and for the period from 1 January 2021 to 27 May 2021 are set out in the tables below. 2016  Private vehicles €104,925,400  Goods vehicles €16,371,220  All other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Records (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Archive of Irish Lights is a source of maritime history and also of the wider social, political, military, engineering, architectural, scientific and administrative history of Ireland in the 19th & 20th centuries. Equally, it is a source for personal and family history. Irish Lights employed many generations around the coast of Ireland for over two centuries. The earliest records...