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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The Leader will be aware, and we have read in today's newspapers, that the Irish dancing organisation at the centre of the feis fixing scandal has received a report from Mr. Justice Peart. We now understand that the next phase of that will be an internal process within that organisation. Parents and teachers who have contacted me over recent weeks and again this morning are deeply unhappy...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and look forward to the swift passage of the Bill. It is important legislation that attempts, in so far as possible, to address the crisis many families and individuals will face over the coming months. We all are aware of the spiralling cost of gas, the impact it is having on the electricity market and how that permeates down to each individual...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the changes proposed under the 2023 Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, programme. For some years now, the Burren region of County Clare has been a specially designated zone under the Burren programme, which was developed by Dr. Brendan Dunford. It is about the appropriate management of the grassland that makes up the Burren, done in a sympathetic way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome Mr. Waide and Mr. Walsh and thank them for their attendance and the presentation. We have always had good interaction between their organisation and the committee so hopefully we can continue with that. On the NCT side, there are a number of reasons. We know some of the problems and staffing seems to be one of them. I have had a concern for a while about the level of pay for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Will Mr. Waide give me that again? Is he saying there is an unprecedented demand based on cars coming in from the UK?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The taxation changes on Brexit have significantly reduced the number of cars coming in from the UK. We had the statistics recently. They have gone through the floor. If you talk to the industry, there is a shortage of cars.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The point I am making, with respect, is that if the rates of pay were attractive, the provider would not have to go to Spain, the Philippines and elsewhere. If RSA is engaging with Applus+, will it look at the rates of pay? Issues have been raised with me by people working in those centres about overtime. They are paid per car rather than per hour. There are issues around whether new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I will throw one question before Mr. Waide goes to Mr. Walsh. It has been suggested to me that some of the backlog is associated with car lift issues and that there were faulty car lifts in place prior to Covid that resulted in significant delays. Were the witnesses aware of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Was it an issue at a certain stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Did Applus+ suffer any penalty, loss or sanction for allowing that situation to develop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Fair enough. Mr. Walsh can make the comparison but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. They are not getting the staff and the customer is suffering as a result because the delays are there. Mr. Walsh made a comparison across the industry but it is a unique system. I suggest he goes back and reviews the pay grades based on supply and demand, rather than looking across the industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: That certainly seems like a good approach. Moving to driver licences, one issue we all are challenged with on a daily basis is the number of young people approaching us who, for one reason or another but often because they cannot find accommodation close to their college or university, are driving or carpooling. They have to do so because the accommodation is not there. I met recently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: When does the RSA hope to be in a position whereby a person who applies for the test will have to wait only two weeks? What do the witnesses consider their goal to be in terms of the time people have to wait for a test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: What would it take to get the waiting time down to a fortnight or even four weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that but it is a separate issue. In terms of the time from when people apply for the test to the time they sit it, whether they pass or fail, what would it take to get that down to four weeks? If there were a policy decision in the morning whereby the Government set that timeframe, what would it take to achieve it?