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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

...training will cost €4.1 million. We have paid out €1.7 million so far. We started training. We awarded the contract for training in late 2018. The training started soon after that whereby training instructors travelled to simulators in Norway. That came to a halt during Covid-19 the following year. The training is progressing slowly because we want to keep the service...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

John Lahart: ...and another piece of the infrastructure we need. I also welcome that additional information will be sought from drivers who seek to be insured in other cars. I agree with the provisions on driving instructors with regard to criminal records. I also take Deputy Carey's point that there could be some kind of a clause whereby people could go before an independent committee to explain, for...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ..., quads and similar vehicles. There are amendments to strengthen laws concerning insurance and road traffic law enforcement. These measures will help to improve road safety while helping us to drive down the cost of insurance for law-abiding drivers. These initiatives will help us to advance towards our ambitious shared EU Vision Zero objective of eliminating deaths and serious injuries...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...accessible and our road traffic legislation is not. That must be remedied. I turn now to one specific Part, which I was surprised to see in the Bill. I refer to Part 5, which regulates licences for driving instructors. Section 18 in the Road Traffic Act 1968 provides for that. Part 5 of this legislation, however, brings in a whole new grouping of persons who are automatically...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Nov 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...wrote to my Department outlining the absolute necessity of retaining these safety measures. While the Authority recognises that this may be inconvenient for partners, family members and indeed driving instructors who accompany learner drivers to their tests, the fact remains that the more people who enter a building, the greater the risk of Covid spreading. The safety of staff and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Exemptions (11 Nov 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: .../part03-taxable-transactions-goods-ica-services/Servic es/services-education-vocational-training.pdf, sets out clearly the types of training and courses which can be VAT exempt. Section 6.2 states that "driving lessons are generally subject to VAT at the reduced rate. However, exemption continues to apply to driving lessons where the lessons concern vehicles which are designed or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (11 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...are liable to VAT at the standard rate unless they fall within Annex III of the Directive, in respect of which Member States may apply either one or two reduced rates of VAT. The supply of driving lessons is not listed in Annex III and therefore would, in general across the EU, be subject to the standard rate. However, the Directive allows that a Member State may maintain a historic VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie O'Dea: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will activate past driving instructors from An Garda Síochána and the Army given there is a massive shortage in driving instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at least 40 trained driving instructors working in driving test centres are at risk of being let go as their contracts may not be renewed as they do not have permanent employment and this will put pressure on the entire testing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if instructions will be in place regarding wearing of facemasks for transport workers in which close contact is unavoidable such as for driving instructors and their clients after the lifting of restrictions on 22 October 2021. [48760/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

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: Driver Test (9 Sep 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the pandemic has depended on public health decisions taken by Government, on the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team. There is currently no legal impediment to the provision of driving lessons, provided public health guidelines are adhered to. However, the position is that these lessons can resume where the learner in question is willing to book a class and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 Jul 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Driving tests for essential workers are clearly the priority across all services. Driving tests for those not classed as essential recommenced in a limited fashion from May. In line with the reopening of services on a phased basis, capacity to provide driving tests for all those eligible to take a test will be increased, beginning with those who have been waiting longest.  An...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Jul 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...pandemic has depended on public health decisions taken by Government, on the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team. There is currently no legal impediment to the provision of driving lessons, provided public health guidelines are adhered to. However, the position is that these lesson can resume where the learner in question is willing to book a class and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Jul 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...now resumed in full. Essential driver training (EDT) for cars may now take place where the learner is a confirmed essential worker. There is currently no legal impediment to the provision of driving lessons for non-essential workers, provided public health guidelines are adhered to. However, the position is that these lessons can resume where the non-essential worker in question is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (13 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Emer Higgins: ...am particularly pleased the move to the online theory test is working well. This was a key recommendation in the proposal I sent to the Minister of State's Department based on feedback from local driving instructors in my area in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Newcastle and Rathcoole. Getting a driving licence is a rite of passage for many young people and we must do what we can to get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...screening process in future. Senator Carrigy talked about hospitality and the serious issue of the 18-month backlog with regard to driver's licences. The Minister said that he has taken on 40 new driving instructors but an 18-month waiting list is unacceptable. We will have to think outside the box and come up with something different. Senator Cassells talked about the online safety and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Jul 2021)

Louise O'Reilly: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be given access to toilet facilities at RCA test centres as more of the population are being vaccinated and businesses are reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Darren O'Rourke: That is helpful. I have a couple of points for the Minister. There is a huge amount contained in the Bill and it is doing a huge amount of work. In regard to changes to the regulation of driving instruction, I encourage the Minister to engage with the sector. The committee has met with representatives of driving instructors. They are organised and engaged as they try to come out of the...