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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service, including the employment of driver testers. While my Department is responsible for the overall staffing sanction, it is not involved in the delivery of driver testing at an operational level and, as such, the requested information is held by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service, including the recruitment and training of driver testers. While my Department is responsible for the overall staffing sanction, it is not involved in the delivery of driver testing at an operational level and, as such, the requested information is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: The Department is committed, under the Government's Road Safety Strategy, to addressing the matter of learner drivers with multiple successive learner permits. It is intended to restrict eligibility to third or fourth permits, by requiring the learner to take a practical test before they can renew their permit, and that a learner can have no more than four successive permits before they must...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: The General Scheme of the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025 has been approved by Government for drafting and has been sent to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for drafting. Among its main provisions, the Bill:Improves the existing legislative basis underpinning the Department of Transport's National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) database. which predates GDPR, and the data held...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Industry (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 438, 439 and 444 together. The relevant sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 allowing access by insurers and intermediaries to disqualification and endorsement data from my Department's National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) database at policy processing or renewal time have been commenced. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 440 and 445 together. Driving disqualification court order information is sent electronically from the Courts Service to my Department. This information is then endorsed on driver records on the Department's National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF). My Department received 2,877 individual court disqualification orders via weekly files between 01 January and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: The Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 was signed into law by the President on 23 June 2023. It is a wide-ranging Act and is being commenced in stages. A commencement order for section 14(c) of the 2023 Act came into effect on 1 October 2024 under S.I. 497/2024 and amends section 5(1) of the Road Traffic Act 2014. Section 5 of the 2014 Act provides for vehicle insurers to be able to view...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 442 and 443 together. Section 56A(1) of the Road Traffic Act obliges insurers and brokers to collect a driver number when issuing or renewing a policy of motor insurance. This came into effect on 31 March 2025. It is therefore an offence for any insurance provider or broker to issue a motor insurance policy from 31 March, where the driver number has not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service and the information requested for Donegal is held by the Authority. I have therefore referred the Deputy's question to the RSA 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 Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2025)

Seán Canney: 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) as the school authorities need to make arrangements to put new SNAs in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23981/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has a role in providing vehicle type approval, but can only do so in areas under its remit. At present, the NSAI cannot provide certification to cover modifications to vehicles which have already been registered. My...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 326 together. As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service, including the provision of test centres. I have therefore referred the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As the Deputy is aware, the All-Island Strategic Rail Review was undertaken by the Department of Transport in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. The Review’s Final Report was published on 31st July 2024. The Review sets out 32 strategic recommendations to enhance and expand the rail system in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to 2050. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the operation of the National Car Test (NCT) service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Given the RSA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the Authority for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports I wish to advise that the average processing time for a driving licence exchange application is currently 29 days. Applications may be delayed for a number of reasons, for example due to outstanding information to be submitted by the applicant, such as a medical or eyesight report, the physical...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that, for a driving licence exchange application, the National Driver Licence Service requires the physical driving licence being exchanged as part of the verification process, in order for it to be verified by the issuing authority. On the grant of an Irish driving licence, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that the time taken to process driving licence exchange applications can vary. The licence for exchange must be verified by the jurisdiction that issued it and completion of the process is dependent on the response time from the issuing authority. As issuing of a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that, under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service, including the service volume of each test centre and, as such, the requested information is held by the Authority. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's questions to Irish Rail for direct response. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 May 2025)

Seán Canney: As Minister of State with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply...