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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Jan 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...business of An Garda Síochána, including the training of its members. As Minister, I have no role in the matter. I am informed by the Commissioner that there is a five-level suite of competency based driving (CBD) courses, with each level specifically catering for the required knowledge base, skill set and operational requirements of Garda members. CBD Level 1 consists of a...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

James Lawless: ...today to provide funding for it to get to the end of the year. Since its inception, the RSA’s revenues have been entirely dependent on income generated from the services it provides: the NCT, driver permits, driver testing, commercial vehicle testing and similar services. There is a sort of polluter pays principle which is standard in many industries, such as banking, where there...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...pay rates and allowances to groups and categories of military personnel, and to make recommendations, within public pay policy parameters, where adjustments are required. I am further considering incentivising measures for qualified officer instructors who upskill to meet modern training standards. I am pleased to say that I have agreement in principle with Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...retirement age for all personnel with a retirement age of less than 62 can now serve to 62, while individuals wishing to join the Defence Forces can do so up to the age of 39. I am further progressing measures to recognise qualified officer instructors who upskill to meet modern training standards. I am pleased to say that I have agreement in principle with Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Oct 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review has been undertaken on the decision to reduce essential driver training (EDT) to six hours instead of 12 hours, as instructors are reporting that students are not ready after six lessons; if he will consider allowing the instructor to assess the student and determine suitability for the reduced six EDT hours via the approved...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: I understand that Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 18 June 2024 refers to the number of Gardaí who have received Competency Based Driving (CBD) 2 training, broken down by district, in DMR in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. As the Deputy will appreciate, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...that all serving members, fully recognise and live by the values of the Defence Forces, an Organisational Culture Standing Committee (OCSC), which was conveyed by the Chief of Staff in November 2021, is driving and coordinating the process of cultural change within the Defence Forces. Similar structures have also been established in all Defence Forces Formations. Since the launch of the...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...legislation is not in place? The failures we see around all of these issues are contributing to the number of people being killed on our roads. Colleagues mentioned earlier the issue with the number of people who are driving continually while on a provisional licence, sometimes for years. Again, this is another issue that needs to be got to grips with, and I have raised this with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Martin Kenny: ...to that, and this again comes back to young drivers, I understand the RSA is currently looking at the training of young drivers and the syllabus that is there. I recently met the Professional Driving Instructors Association. The syllabus has been the same for approximately the past decade. It needs to be reviewed and work needs to be done on it. Is there any consideration of, for...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...done in the past based on best practice and research from across the EU, we have since moved away from that. We must acknowledge that this is one of the reasons we are now having issues. We must also examine the whole issue of driver testing. The Minister of State mentioned people with learner permits not sitting their tests and continuing to drive. This needs to be dealt with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Síochána, including the training of its members and civilian staff. I, as Minister, have no role in the matter. I am informed by the Commissioner that there is a five-level suite of competency based driving (CBD) courses, with each level specifically catering for the required knowledge base, skill set and operational requirements of Garda members. CBD Level 1 consists of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...xe1;na including the training of its members and civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I am informed by the Commissioner that there is a five-level suite of competency based driving (CBD) courses, with each level specifically catering for the required knowledge base, skill set and operational requirements of Garda members. CBD Level 1 consists of a one-day...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the proposed new driver education plan for transition year students; to seek clarification on the reason approved driving instructors were not consulted on these new proposals. [57388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ...one day of training each year to maintain their Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). Bus éireann delivers this training to their staff through their team of Training Supervisors, who are trained as Advanced Driving Instructors.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (30 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Pauline Tully: ..., especially by young people who cannot get affordable accommodation near their place of study. There are no reliable public transport systems in place in many areas. These young people rely on driving and are looking for tests. Previously, the average waiting time was 30 weeks. It has come down in Cavan. It is down to probably 18 or 19 weeks now, which is very welcome. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Harris: Currently, Phase 2 Pipefitting training is delivered in Cork Education and Training Board (ETB) and Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) by four instructors. As the Coordinating Providers for the apprenticeship, the National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) and SOLAS are actively engaging with the Collaborating Providers and employers of pipefitting apprentices to support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

...We are concerned about things like pursuit policies. We do not have a pursuit policy and we have seen very well publicised cases recently about pursuits, stand-down of pursuits and all of the issues that emerged regarding people driving the wrong way down motorways and so on. Like our colleagues in the GRA, we are concerned about the driving instructor training that the organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: Currently, Phase 2 Pipe fitting training is delivered in Cork ETB and LMETB by two instructors. Phase 4 is currently delivered in LMETB and there is currently one workshop with one instructor delivering the training. As the Co-ordinating Provider for the apprenticeship, the NAO and SOLAS are actively engaging with the Collaborating Providers and employers of pipe fitting apprentices to...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...student accommodation due to the cost and the fact that I will be farming at home myself. I did try to get all this done sooner but I only turned 17 in October last, then it took a long time for driving instructors to have availability, then there was an issue with the RSA system that my lessons took weeks and weeks to upload and now I have the issue of waiting on a driving test. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Oct 2023)

Jack Chambers: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility forthe National Driving Test service. This includes test applications, scheduling matters and the data regarding waiting list times. I have therefore referred the Deputy's question to the Authority for direct reply on the specific information requested. I would ask the Deputy to contact my...