Results 801-820 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Does Mr. Walsh think it is a power the RSA would maybe like to have? If somebody breaks a red light or is speeding, the RSA can do nothing about it. The authority can ask An Garda Síochána to do something about it and can ask the local authorities to install red light cameras but it cannot install them. That is where I see the disconnect in that we want the RSA to make roads...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: How do we make it actually happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: In terms of the drivers, every garda will have this technology and they will be able to call up the information more quickly. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Does anybody confiscate cars at the moment at all?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Does it go back into the database the gardaí then have access to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Is the waiting time for driver licence testing now down to 15 weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Fórsa officials will appear before the committee in the next hour. Their opening statement states that at the time of writing, waiting times are approximately 24 weeks. I want clarity from the RSA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It may have been the case when the statement was written and I am not sure how long ago it was done. It has been in or around 15 weeks for a while. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: When was the waiting time 24 weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Okay, so not a million years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: A reference was made before that may be helpful to the next session we have that the RSA made a commitment that the system would need approximately 170 permanent testers. It is saying that there are currently fewer than 130 permanent testers. Is that correct and is it working towards the figure of 170 or have it decided that 150 is a more realistic figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That is not sustainable from the perspective of a work life balance for people----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: -----and working time directives and everything else. It is not sustainable to have people on permanent overtime.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh is telling us that the authority is on track to hire 40 permanent testers or thereabouts. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That is useful information for us to have. Fórsa will have its own opening statement and it will mention issues we want to raise. Rather than us meeting with Fórsa and having to come back to you again, it is useful to know. The RSA anticipates having a permanent workforce of about 170. It would not be 130 permanent staff and then a rolling 40 temporary staff. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: The intention is to have a permanent staff complement based on the fact that the population is increasing and more drivers are coming into the system. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: What is the situation regarding the exchange of driver's licences between countries such as Kenya and Moldova and various other countries? Has any progress been made with Moldova or other countries?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Does this mean that people with current Moldovan licences will be able to get Irish licences?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Without having to do a test or anything like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Exactly, lorry, truck and bus drivers are required. I was talking to the former Kenyan ambassador to Ireland and he mentioned that they drive on the same side of the road as us. He made the point that Kenya was quite a sophisticated country with lots of drivers and there may be opportunities here for them. Perhaps the RSA should consider talking to Kenya at some point in the future.