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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That answer seems way too complicated for me. I ask Mr. Waide to listen as this is very straightforward. We request, on behalf of Deputy Lowry, that the RSA finds a mechanism whereby, for anyone who has applied for a national car test, their details are on a computer system that can be accessed by An Garda Síochána so that when a garda stops a vehicle these details can be viewed...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: One would have to walk the 109 lanes, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many people are waiting for driver tests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many does the RSA typically put through in a year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many would the RSA normally do in a week?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: So there are 14,000-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: There are 54,148 people waiting for a test and about 170,000 are put through in a year. What was the 14,000 figure at this time last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is climbing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Some 170,000 are currently put through in a year. How many went through each year pre-Covid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: By how much has that number increased?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many driving testers does the RSA have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many were there before the pandemic?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many does the RSA need on top of the 131-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----to bring the waiting time back to ten weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that in total? That is 34 additional testers. Some 35 testers are coming out of contract. If they were maintained, would the RSA need more? Does the 131 figure include the 35 testers who are out of contract?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The RSA just needs the number of people who have been let go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That means the RSA had well over 160 testers a short time ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is back down to 131, even though demand is going up. Why did the RSA not look for a derogation, considering how extreme waiting times were? Why did it not go to the Department to say that given the exceptional situation, it would renew testers' contracts for one or two years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the RSA request a derogation on this occasion to retain these 35 testers, considering that we are coming out of the Covid pandemic? It seems ludicrous to the ordinary person looking in to see that the RSA let 35 experienced driver testers go and they have to reapply when we are coming out of a pandemic during which we had extreme pressure on the system. Was that request put to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who advised the process and indicated what it should be?