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Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: ...way up. While people might say I can afford it, it is a scandalous waste to be throwing money into an old basket for people who do not have the tag. It is a fair con job, I must say. When I go into Northern Ireland I can drive around freely. It has no toll bridges. How can they survive without hitting their people in the pocket as much as we do? While it is difficult, it would be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: ...Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA can guarantee a full five-day testing service in Skibbereen, County Cork; the reason that a resident tester has not been put in place despite a recruitment drive and the fact that more than 40 are employed in the country; the reason that instructors are informed third hand even though they pay an affiliation fee to the RSA every second year (details...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: I had a meeting with concerned interested parties yesterday where a serious concern hangs over the future of the driving test centre in Skibbereen. I have been informed that at least one of the two driving testers will move on at the end of December, which will leave the driving centre with skeleton staff. People who booked the driving test in Skibbereen two weeks ago were informed they...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (6 May 2021)

Michael Collins: I have spoken to driving instructors in west Cork. They feel they were disowned in this crisis. The responses given by the RSA to instructors were either non-existent or were childish during this pandemic. The RSA takes a fee of €250 per instructor every two years for registration. It never answers regarding what that money is spent on. It is definitely not spent on correspondence...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Michael Collins: ...decisions to close them? I understand that this next issue does not fall under the Minister's Department but it should, as our young people cannot get on with their lives while they are denied a driving test. It is totally unfair to them and to the driving test instructors who want to work in a safe manner but have no idea when, where or how to do so. The Minister for Transport,...