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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I want to raise a couple of matters on the Order of Business but directly refer to the matter raised by Senator Keogan. My heart goes out to the family, friends and children of the latest victim of gender-based violence on this island. Sarah Montgomery was murdered. She was pregnant. She was the mother of two children. When are we going to get real as a society? The number of women, and...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: On the increased costs on businesses from the insurance companies, the ire being directed at the Minister for justice, Deputy O'Callaghan, is misdirected. We all know the current mechanisms lie within the legislation passed by the previous Minister for justice. I will leave it at that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Talk to Paschal.
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: The RSA's submission stated a new NCT centre is planned for north Dublin. What is the location of that?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Are these locations in north County Dublin or north city?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: When will there be clarification on the location?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: What is the timeline for that?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Is Mr. Walsh saying there is a requirement to provide the test centre that the contractor has not been fulfilled?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: How long has that non-fulfilment been the case?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I understand the commercial realities but the Northpoint Business Park, which is the closest to north County Dublin, is a significant distance away for those in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush or Lusk and it is not at all adequate. Mr. Walsh is saying the service agreement was supposed to provide for a centre in north County Dublin this year but it could be next year before it is provided.
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: What are the financial penalties?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: What are service credits?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Are these credits significant enough to put pressure on this crowd to deliver?
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Those sites are significantly far from places like Balbriggan. Getting to Northpoint is a significant distance.
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: I would like to move onto the testing centres. Mr. Walsh said what moves driving test numbers is the testers and not the location. The RSA announced there would be three new locations in Drogheda, Naas and Sandyford.
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: There is no driving test centre in north County Dublin. The nearest centres are in the Finglas and Charlestown. I have spoken to a number of driving test instructors in north County Dublin who have shown me there are significant difficulties with this. A learner driver cannot use the motorway. If people doing their test in Finglas and need to practice on that route, they will have to get...
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Absolutely.
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: However, the actual practicalities for a learner driver getting there------
- Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)
Lorraine Clifford-Lee: Could Mr. Walsh give me a timeline on that?