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Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Gallagher: The driving testing service operates under the provisions of section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and in accordance with the regulations made under it. The driving test is also governed by requirements of EU directives which stipulate the manoeuvres to be carried out which are also set down in regulations under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1961. The Road Safety Authority, RSA, is...

Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Gallagher: I expect it will be introduced quite soon because from 1 July 2007, a person wishing to become an instructor for the first time must undergo the registration process. That will involve proving one is a person of good repute. A person must pass a test of knowledge on driving theory and an extended driving test. There is a lead-in time. The 1 July 2007 date is written in stone. Existing...

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...

Road Safety. (2 Nov 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...for saving young lives in this approach. The Minister intends to meet the RSA board in the coming weeks to discuss these matters. The RSA is in the process of introducing the registration of driving instructors. One of the benefits that I hope will arise from setting standards of instruction is that there will be a greater emphasis on general driving skills and less on merely passing the...

Road Safety. (2 Nov 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...a driver instruction school without any qualification. We want to regularise this and can do so through the 2006 Act. The Deputy will recall that the consultation document on the registration of instructors was launched last May. Many submissions were received by 8 September and these are currently being considered by the RSA. In this document, it is suggested that, from 1 July 2007,...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Paragraph (p) outlines the fees licensed instructors may charge for such courses of instruction. This enables the fees to be charged by driving instructors for compulsory courses of instruction to be regulated. The main purpose of the provisions in the previous paragraphs (m), (n), (o) and also (p) is to provide for the introduction of compulsory initial practical training for motor cyclists....

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (24 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...we discussed this in detail yesterday. As I indicated yesterday, section 4 already provides for the transfer of functions to the road safety authority. These functions include those relating to the driving test, registration of driving instructors. etc. With regard to the various subsections, registration of vehicles lies with the Revenue Commissioners and we intend to leave it with them....

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (24 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I have no difficulty with the principle of what Senator Paddy Burke proposes. It is only right and proper that the Bill provides for functions relating to the registration of instructors, to be specified in regulations made under the Road Traffic Acts. The new authority will be designated as an approved body and can issue instruction certificates for the purpose of regulating driving...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: While considering the amendment, which was also tabled in the Dáil, one must remember that driver testing, the registration of qualified driving instructors, the education of drivers, the promotion of educational and information campaigns, and maintenance, management and revision of the Rules of the Road have been included in the Bill. As we speak, we are revising the Rules of the Road which...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I will deal with specific aspects of the Bill and will then respond to questions arising from amendments Nos. 6 and 7. Instructors are the subject of amendment No. 8. The driver testing service operates under the provisions of section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, and in accordance with regulations made under that Act. The driving test is also governed by EU directives which stipulate the...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...19 of the Road Traffic Act 2002. In accordance with regulations made under these provisions, which will provide for the matters referred to in the proposed amendment, other than the regulation of driving schools and the retraining of instructors, section 4(1) states the road safety authority will have functions in respect of the registration of instructors which will be designated in...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...will open up a new era in the promotion of road safety and I am sure the authority will note the views expressed by Members of the House, on all sides., when considering how best to promote better driver behaviour, which is of paramount importance. If drivers could improve their behaviour, then without any legislation I am quite sure the number of fatalities could be dramatically reduced....

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ...bring the Bill to the Seanad today. The purpose of the Bill is to establish the road safety authority and to make an amendment to the Road Traffic Act 2002 to facilitate the mutual recognition of driving disqualifications on a bilateral basis between the UK, Northern Ireland and ourselves. In regard to the code of road traffic legislation in general, I intend to introduce in the near...