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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Dec 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Operational arrangements at driving test centres are a matter for the Road Safety Authority(RSA). I understand from the RSA that prior to the COVID 19 pandemic some test centres across the country offered toilet facilities, and in some cases indoor waiting rooms, where instructors or other accompanying persons could choose to wait while students were out undergoing their test. To be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Dec 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Operational arrangements at driving test centres are a matter for the Road Safety Authority (RSA). I understand from the RSA that prior to the COVID 19 pandemic some test centres across the country offered toilet facilities, and in some cases indoor waiting rooms, where instructors or other accompanying persons could choose to wait while students were out undergoing their test. To be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (14 Dec 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 186 together. Operational arrangements at driving test centres are a matter for the Road Safety Authority (RSA). I understand from the RSA that prior to the COVID 19 pandemic some test centres across the country offered toilet facilities, and in some cases indoor waiting rooms, where instructors or other accompanying persons could choose to...

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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Nov 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Approved Driving Instructors (ADIS) are entirely independent operators, not a State-provided service. To work as a driving instructor in Ireland, an instructor must be on the Road Safety Authority’s (RSA) Register of Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) and must display an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) permit. To become registered and get an ADI full permit, each instructor is...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Approved driving instructors are not employed by my Department or the Road Safety Authority, but are independent private operators. The resumption of initial basic training for learner motorcyclists and the partial resumption of essential driver training on 10 May will generate increased custom, and therefore increased income, for instructors who had faced a downturn in business under...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: The Approved Driving Instructor’s (ADIs) Stakeholders Forum was initiated by the RSA to provide a platform for the strategic development of the driving instruction industry in Ireland. The Forum comprises the ADI Chief Examiner and ADIs who are elected by their peers to represent the views of their colleagues and are supported by an RSA administrative team. The establishment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...absolute minimum. Both my Department and the Road Safety Authority recognise that the withdrawal of access to test centre facilities may be inconvenient for partners, family members and indeed driving instructors who accompany learner drivers to their tests. The fact remains, however, that the more people who enter a building, the greater the risk of Covid spreading. The safety of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...adhere to Government public health protocols, it has not been possible in recent months for the Road Safety Authority to carry out all of the check tests that are legally required to renew driver instructor licences in a timely manner. In response to these delays and in anticipation of the resumption of Initial Basic Training (IBT) and the partial resumption of Essential Driver...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: ...phase, but work is ongoing to make online services more widely available towards the end of 2021. As part of the broader easing of restrictions across Irish society, the gradual reopening of the driving instruction industry will commence from the 10th of May. Essential Driver Training (EDT) for cars may resume from the 10 May in circumstances where the learner in question is a...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: ...of the broader easing of restrictions across Irish society, from the 10 May, Initial Basic Training (IBT), the course of mandatory lessons that learner motorcyclists must complete with an Approved Driving Instructor before taking a test, may resume for all learners, irrespective of their employment status. The validity period of Initial Basic Training (IBT) certificates is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: As part of the broader easing of restrictions across Irish society I can confirm that the gradual reopening of the driving instruction industry will commence from the 10th of May. Initial Basic Training (IBT) for all learner motorcyclists may resume from that date. The Road Safety Authority will be contacting motorcycle instructors over the course of the week with further details of these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 179 together. As part of the broader easing of restrictions across Irish society I can confirm that the gradual reopening of the driving instruction industry will commence from the 10th of May. Initial Basic Training (IBT) for all learner motorcyclists may resume from that date. Essential Driver Training (EDT) may also resume but only in such...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Apr 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: During the level 5 period, driving tests will be available only to those who are involved in essential services, including essential retail work.  The Road Safety Authority offers driving tests to those who have completed their required 12 Essential Driver Training lessons and can produce evidence that they are an essential worker, in accordance with Government definitions.  No...