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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of youth workers per education and training board area and youth worker vacancies per ETB area. [17369/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if a person in receipt of a medical card should be paying for Vitamin B12 injections in their local GP service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: That is just not true. It is a false statement.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made under the humanitarian aid scheme for uninsured householders in 2023, particularly on flooding, segmented by county; and the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, in tabular form, with the total amount issued. [18232/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Properties (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties currently in ownership by an agency (details supplied), by local authority area, by type of property and suitability for residency, in tabular form. [18632/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport appeal for an individual (details supplied). [18592/24]

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

Seán Sherlock: I will defer to the member.

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

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chair for allowing me in. Mr. Walsh said 44,000 involved dangerous defects.

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

Seán Sherlock: How many of those vehicles were NCT compliant?

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

Seán Sherlock: They were picked up by the NCT.

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

Seán Sherlock: I am glad Mr. Walsh made that distinction because if the drivers had NCT certificates and their vehicles were found to be defective, there would be an issue.

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

Seán Sherlock: I am glad Mr. Walsh clarified that. Has the RSA reviewed the criteria that are necessary to pass the NCT. There is an onerous list of such criteria. Does the RSA review that from time to time?

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

Seán Sherlock: The answer is "Yes". I am short on time. I appreciate the detail in Mr. Walsh's answer. The point I am coming to is whether, considering that there is a statistical failure rate in every test, the RSA notices a preponderance of certain types of failure. Statistically, are there are occasions when the RSA has noticed that vehicles are failing for certain reasons? Is it mapping that?

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

Seán Sherlock: The answer is "Yes".

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

Seán Sherlock: What is the most likely cause of failure?

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

Seán Sherlock: Are tests failed due to dipped beams not being set to the criteria the RSA has set out?

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

Seán Sherlock: The alignment.

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

Seán Sherlock: Once the RSA has mapped the failure rate for lack of alignment of dipped headlights, does it map onto that the cost of the retest for the people who, in numerous cases and at particular points in the past number of years, have gone to their local garages, done the pre-NCT, come out the other end and gone back to and said that the vehicle failed because the dipped beams were not correctly set?...