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Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Martin Cullen: ...instruction will be certified and monitored. The question of who owns the company providing the tuition is a different issue. The issue before us is the competence of the individual providing driving tuition and whether he or she has achieved the required standard. Under the Bill, which goes much further than legislation in the United Kingdom, instructors will be required to meet...

Written Answers — Driving Instruction: Driving Instruction (7 Jun 2006)

Martin Cullen: Proposals 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. The standard will set out criteria for entry to the driving...

Written Answers — Driving Instructor Industry: Driving Instructor Industry (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: Proposals 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. The standard will set out criteria for entry to the driving...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (24 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: Proposals 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. The standard will set out criteria for entry to the driving...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (24 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: Proposals 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 instruction interests has formulated the design of the standards that a driving instructor must meet. The standard will set out criteria for entry to the driving...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Proposals 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. The standard will set out criteria for entry to the driving...

Written Answers — Driving Instruction: Driving Instruction (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 158 together. Proposals 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. The...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: ...training for motorcyclists would be introduced. A working group comprising motorcycle interests has been considering the appropriate standards that will apply in this area and the standards that instructors must comply with. Overseeing the introduction of such training will be the responsibility of the proposed road safety authority. Primary legislation is necessary to facilitate the...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy and I appear to be at cross-purposes because the objective of the Bill is to introduce, for the first time, proper standards and regulation of driving instructors. This is the purpose for which the road safety authority will be established. The authority will be designated as an approved body to issue instruction certificates as envisaged in section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1968,...

Written Answers — Driving Instructor Register: Driving Instructor Register (2 Nov 2004)

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.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Martin Cullen: I have spent some time dealing with this issue. Section 4(1) provides that the road safety authority will have functions in regard to registration of instructors that will be designated in regulations made under the Road Traffic Acts. The road safety authority will be an approved body that will be able to issue instruction certificates for the purpose of regulating driving instructors. Deputy...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

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 — Driving Instructor Register: Driving Instructor Register (11 Oct 2006)

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 — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Road Safety Authority is responsible for registering driving instructors. A consultation document published jointly by my Department and the RSA last May set out proposals for the registration of driving instructors and invited submissions to be made by the 8 September. These submissions are being considered by the RSA.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Dec 2006)

Martin Cullen: ...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 my Department and the RSA last May set out proposals for the...

Written Answers — Driving Instructor Register: Driving Instructor Register (2 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: ...350, 351 and 359 together. I refer the Deputies to my reply to Question No. 154 on Thursday, 14 October, 2004. 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...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 155 together. The Government's strategy for road safety 2004 to 2006 identified speed, seatbelt wearing, driving while intoxicated, engineering measures and vulnerable road users as the key priority areas to be addressed over the coming years in terms of yielding road safety benefits. As regards motorcyclists, the strategy states that it is the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (10 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Road Safety Authority is responsible for registering driving instructors. A consultation document published jointly by my Department and the RSA last May set out proposals for the registration of driving instructors and invited submissions to be made by the 8 September. These submissions are being considered by the RSA. There is no proposal to automatically recognise members of the...

Written Answers — Driving Instructors: Driving Instructors (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: The registration of driving instructors will be the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority. On the 19 June last I launched a document entitled "Consultation on the Regulation of Driving Instruction in Ireland" which was prepared by my Department in consultation with the Road Safety Authority. Submissions from stakeholders were sought by the 8 September 2006. Submissions have been...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: ...tests. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, SI 705 of 2004, give effect to the provisions of the directive. These regulations require that a vehicle used for a driving test in licence category C, trucks, which was registered on or after 1 January 2004, must have passenger accommodation for not more than eight persons, a gross vehicle weight of at least...