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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: No apologies have been received. The impact of Covid-19 on driving instructors is a follow-on theme from our last meeting with the Road Safety Authority. The purpose of the first part of our meeting today is to discuss the impact Covid-19 is having on driving instructors. On behalf of the committee, I welcome to today's meeting from the approved driving instructors, ADI, branch of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses. The first member up is Senator Buttimer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will allow Mr. Brophy to direct the responses among his colleagues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Senator Buttimer to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Brophy to conclude. Quite a number of members are looking to contribute. We are very curtailed on time, as he will appreciate. I know it is very difficult but I ask members and the witnesses for brevity. Otherwise, I will be unable to call all the members who are anxious to contribute on this important issue. Does Senator Buttimer have any further comment to make?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We move now to the Sinn Féin slot. Deputy Darren O'Rourke has three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Dunne, every member has about three minutes between questions and answers. I am conscious that I have many members to call so he might conclude. I wish I could give more time but we have that confinement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Apologies are not necessary. I simply ask him to be conscious of the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Deputy Darren O'Rourke wish to make a concluding comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will be doing that in a comprehensive manner, as agreed among the members. I call Deputy Cathal Crowe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It did the Deputy no harm at all in the publicity stakes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is a very constructive suggestion and I will include it. I call Deputy Joe Carey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Brophy or Mr. Dunne deal with this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: In that context, Mr. Dunne referred to specific areas that might need legislation. I ask Mr. Brophy to include that in his submission as well. I call Senator Dooley who has three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I would like to raise a couple of issues. Am I correct that all of our witnesses are approved driving instructors, ADIs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That point is an important one. Driving instructors are at the front line in this situation. I ask the witnesses to make a formal submission on all the points raised today so that we can feed it into our report to the Department on this issue. The focus of these hearings is the approximately 100,000 people awaiting a driver test and 50,000 awaiting a theory test. I have met many young...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Brophy have any idea of the backlog within his profession in terms of the number of people awaiting completion of their essential driver lessons? Does he have an approximate number in that regard? For example, is it 1,000 hours and at that level how many people would be awaiting completion of their essential driver training?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am conscious of time. I ask Mr. Jordan to put that in context.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Jordan saying there are 300,000 learner drivers with learner permits?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Jordan have any idea of the number of learner drivers who were midway through their EDT at the time the restriction preventing driving instructors undertaking approved driver instruction was imposed? Does he have any idea of the number of young or older learner drivers who were midway through their 12 EDT lessons?