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Written Answers — Driving Instructor Register: Driving Instructor Register (2 Nov 2004) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Cullen: It is assumed the person concerned is a member of the voluntary driving instructor register of Ireland, DIR. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 154 of Thursday 14 October, 2004 which sets out the position in regard to existing driving instructors in the context of the proposed regulation of driving instruction.

Written Answers — Driving Instructors: Driving Instructors (30 Jan 2008) See 2 other results from this answer

Noel Dempsey: Arrangements are in hand for the regulation and registration of driving instructors. The target date for formal requirements in this area is 1 January 2009. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is currently drafting Regulations for me which will give effect to these mandatory requirements from that date. The RSA's work in this respect derives from extensive consultations which it has engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ..., following the publication of the Government roadmap and, more recently, the National Return to Work Safely Protocol as agreed by employer and trade union representatives. On Monday 29 June, driving tests resumed on a gradual basis for trucks, buses and motorcycles . Driving test for cars, vans and minibuses are expected to commence on a phased basis this week and the RSA will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...Government in its decision to revise the Roadmap for Reopening Ireland, including which businesses could resume trading in each Phase of the gradual reopening of our economy, and they included driving schools on the list of businesses cleared to reopen on or after 29 June. The RSA wrote to Approved Driving Instructors on 22 June, informing them of the imminent resumption of driver...

Written Answers — Driving Instructor Register: Driving Instructor Register (2 Nov 2004) See 4 other results from this answer

Michael Ring: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport the position as to the validity of the registered driving instructor status within the Driver Testing and Standards Authority; if he has an intention if any to pass this decision over to the board of the driver testing and standards authority in view of the effect this would have on driving instructors who are registered with the driver...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (12 Nov 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to come back to driving instructors. I have been contacted by driving instructors over the past number of weeks who have been refused entry to driving testing centres. Yesterday, I was sent a video to my phone from the west of Ireland, showing female and male driving instructors in rain that was falling horizontally and they were outside with a collapsable chair and an umbrella....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. One of the proposals that has been raised by driving instructors and others is that we would avail of the resource of driving instructors, either to assess people they deem ready for tests or possibly give them the responsibility of testing. Have any of those types of hybrid models been considered, or does the Minister of State not see them as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Staff (15 Feb 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: While I cannot comment on the precise circumstances of individual cases, under the Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 203 of 2009), a driving instructor licence issued prior to the regulations was treated as if it was a licence under the regulations. Therefore, under such circumstances, a recognised pre-2009 licence being treated as a licence...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Road Safety Authority is currently examining a number of strategies to increase the number of driving tests within current health constraints with an eye to resuming wider testing after level 5. These strategies include increasing the number of testing staff to help reduce and, over time, eliminate the testing backlog that has developed as a result of the pandemic. To this end,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...the summer that was actually really hard to believe, although I probably should not have found it really hard to believe. It was about the increasing number of complaints of harassment by driving instructors. Unfortunately, the vast majority of complaints are made of male driving instructors by women. One driving instructor told a 28-year-old woman who was getting lessons in his car that...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 303 together. Proposals being developed by my Department for the regulation and quality assurance of driving instruction will involve a test of the competence of individual instructors. A working group comprising representatives of my Department and of instruction interests has formulated the design of the standards that a driving instructor must meet....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Qualifications Recognition (8 Dec 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I understand that previously driving instructors received a National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) Level 6 Certification on passing the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) tests conducted by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) which are necessary to become a driving instructor. The NFQ system is operated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) which is the State Agency with the role of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA issues guidelines to driving schools in order for driving instructors to be respectful and mindful of residents living in the area in which driving lessons are taking place; if the RSA has an established procedure for dealing with complaints from residents relating to the conduct of driving instructors in an area; if such a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Regulations introduced on the 21st October by my colleague, the Minister for Health, define both driver testing and the provision of driving instruction as essential services, albeit in strictly defined circumstances. Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) may continue to provide lessons, but only where the learner in question has already been scheduled a test date. Driver Testing services...

Written Answers — Driving Instructor Register: Driving Instructor Register (11 Oct 2006) See 2 other results from this answer

Martin Cullen: The Road Safety Authority is responsible for registering driving instructors. I have referred the letter of 26 September regarding the Driving Instructor Register of Ireland Limited to the RSA for appropriate attention.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Cormac Devlin: 302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of reports that the approved driving instructor portal is closed for driving instructors to upload lessons data; when it will return to operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14576/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 1451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the NPHET advice for approved driving instructors; and if approved driving instructors are being considered in the same category as Road Safety Authority testers for the vaccine roll-out. [14275/21]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 Feb 2004) See 1 other result from this answer

Séamus Brennan: ...knowledge of the rules of the road, road procedures and the law relating to road traffic in so far as it concerns the driver of a mechanically-propelled vehicle; at least five years' satisfactory driving experience within the seven years ending on 25 June 1998; a general understanding of the working of mechanically-propelled vehicles; possess report writing skill with a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Regulations (13 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: Driver testers, employed by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), must complete training as set out in a series of EU directives on driving testing and licensing, the current main directive being EU Directive 2006/126/EC. This directive sets minimum driving test standards, training and quality assurance for driver testers. Testers have to undergo continuous monitoring of the application of Driving...

Road Safety. (2 Nov 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...for the introduction of compulsory initial practical training for motorcyclists. However, a prerequisite for the introduction of such training is the availability and registration of motorcycle instructors. The Road Safety Authority is responsible for registering driving instructors. A consultation document, published jointly by the Department of Transport and the Road Safety Authority...