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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: 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?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are some 1,300 approved driving instructors, ADIs, in Ireland and, given the average, that means there are some 80,000 people in the middle of their hours. Is that reasonable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would Mr. Brophy have it as one of the recommendations to make a new cohort on the essential side so people could do their driving hours with the approved driving instructors? What is the technical term for those hours?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Thank you. We move to non-members. I call Deputy Paul Kehoe.

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 all the witnesses for attending today's engagement with the committee. We will be following up with the approved driving instructors stakeholders' forum and Mr. Fred Reilly and will ask them to come before the committee, which they have indicated they would be interested in doing, or to give us a detailed submission. This would be in terms of our deliberations on putting forward a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The purpose of the second part of our meeting is to discuss and examine the procedure and appointment process for the chair of the Irish Aviation Authority. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from the Department of Transport, Mr. Fintan Towey, assistant secretary, and Mr. Ronan Gallagher, principal officer. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: My thanks to Mr. Towey. Please be careful with your delivery as it is coming in and out. Maybe it is the microphone or whatever, but please be careful. We can hear you but it is inclined to be mixed at times. We will now go to members. Senator Timmy Dooley has five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy O'Rourke has four or five minutes. I am conscious of the other members. We have to be out of here by 1.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am conscious of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Towey to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Deputy O'Rourke wish to come back in briefly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We, as a committee, will do a follow-up body of work around aviation as well. I call Deputy Carey.