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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...a checkpoint The legislative powers to operate a checkpoint and to stop and engage with drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles The legislative powers to demand certain information e.g. name and address, driving licence, insurance etc. from drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles. Section 9(1) of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 states that one of the functions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...two Driver Training Schools, both of which are under the remit of the Garda College. One is based in the Garda College in Templemore and the other is attached to Garda HQ. The table below shows the number of Garda driving instructor posts at each of these centres and the existing vacancies as at 26 March 2025. Location Driving Instructors Vacancies ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (12 Jun 2025) See 2 other results from this answer

Pa Daly: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the number of driving test instructors in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [31688/25]

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025) See 6 other results from this debate

Michael Collins: ...I have here. I also wish to discuss the American licence agreement. Why are people who spent maybe ten years in Ireland, went to America to work for some time and then came back not allowed to drive with an American licence? It does not make sense and it adds to the backlog of what is going on here when they have to go through a driving test. Surely to God that can be shifted, or how...

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025) See 6 other results from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: ...impact on wait times as the additional permanent driver testers come on stream. While the growth in wait times is unacceptable, it has arisen due to a fundamental mismatch between the demand for driving tests and available testing capacity in the RSA in recent years. Following Covid, a large backlog of tests had built up. However, incoming demand is now at record and growing levels,...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Cathal Crowe: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this matter. I disagree with the previous speaker. I believe learner drivers should be allowed to drive without someone accompanying them in the car. I live in a rural county and west of Ennis there is no Luas line, no DART and no public transport of any significance. It is costing youngsters in the region of €600 to €1,000 per...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Cathal Crowe: It appears there is not a shortage of driving instructors but there is certainly a shortage of driving testers. Some of the instructors could be brought over on secondment to do a day or two a week, perhaps in their own county or in the neighbouring county, so they could try to clear some of this backlog. That suggestion was made to me recently by the driver of a large vehicle, who said the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (7 May 2025)

Seán Canney: ...issue. As the population has grown in recent years, the demand on driver testing services has similarly increased. In 2024, the busiest year in the history of the service, more than 250,000 driving tests were conducted, up from over 196,000 in 2023. This increase in demand for driving tests and the time to invitation for learner drivers has a number of contributing factors. These...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

James Lawless: .... It is a core driver for national policy and economic and societal progress. It is an educational Ministry, first and foremost, but it is also an economic Ministry. Everything that we do in it drives the wheels of our economy, which in turn drives the wheels of social progress. We are facing many challenges. We have global trade uncertainty, as a number of speakers pointed out. We...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite and increase the recruitment of additional permanent driving test instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22148/25]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test (1 May 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: .... It is a serious matter and I thank her for raising it, and for highlighting the pressure on young people and their families. She is correct in that regard. I am smiling at the notion that the driving test is a rite of passage. It is. I would have loved to have taken the Senator for a driving lesson. One can imagine the fun we would have had. It is a serous matter. As the Senator...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Test (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on introducing financial supports for those training to become approved driving instructors given high associated fees and delays in driving test availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21181/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Aisling Dempsey: 308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the Road Safety Authority prioritises approved driving instructor testing and approvals (details supplied). [17320/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Mar 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to Garda driving instructor posts in Templemore College, the number of filled posts; the number of vacant posts; if there are any vacant posts; when these will be filled; if there are plans to increase the number of posts; if so, when will they be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14783/25]

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...communities and families have, unfortunately, been hit by road fatalities and serious injuries. Road safety is of the utmost importance to every community. I wish to raise a specific issue around driving test centres. I live in north County Dublin, which has the fastest growing population in the country. Many young people living there want to qualify as drivers but are unable to access...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Michael Collins: My office has been inundated with requests from constituents seeking assistance in expediting their driving tests. These are mostly young people and they are waiting ten months or more for a driving test. Many of these have secured job offers but are unable to accept them due to the lack of transportation in rural Ireland. We do not have a frequent bus service, the Luas or regularly...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (26 Feb 2025)

Pa Daly: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the promised recruitment of 70 additional driving test instructors, as promised in September 2024; if these positions have been filled; if he will provide an updated timeline of progress to fill these positions, including the expected completion date of the recruitment process. [8310/25]

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025) See 8 other results from this debate

Pa Daly: ...unacceptable but it must be deeply frustrating for anybody listening in or watching tonight, including any of the 72,000 people on the waiting lists, the people waiting six to eight months for a driving test, the thousands of people in my county of Kerry, the people who are paying exorbitant, over the top insurance costs and the people paying huge amounts for extra driving tests while they...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Feb 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service, including the process of qualifying as an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI). Given the RSA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's questions to the RSA for direct, detailed reply. Please contact my private office if a response is...