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Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: EU Directive 2000/56/EC provides for changes in the type of vehicle that may be presented for a driving test. These changes only apply in respect of truck, bus, or car with trailer driving tests. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, SI 705 of 2004, give effect to the provisions of the directive. Vehicles registered before 1 January 2004 are not subject to...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: 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 instruction interests has formulated the design of the standards that a driving instructor must meet. I am considering what arrangements will be put in place...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (4 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: 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. I am considering what arrangements will be put in...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (2 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: 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. I am considering what arrangements will be put in...

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

Martin Cullen: ...raising awareness of road safety issues in the education system is one that is kept under constant review in consultation with the Minister for Education. However there are no grants available for driving schools to provide lessons to young drivers. Such lessons are commercially available and the cost is a relatively small element in commencing to drive. I will shortly be publishing a...

Written Answers — Driving Instruction Regulation: Driving Instruction Regulation (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: 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 the document it was proposed that from 1 July 2007 all new entrants to the driving instruction industry must be approved and registered before being allowed to instruct for reward and that existing driving instructors must be approved...

Written Answers — Driving Instruction: Driving Instruction (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 163 on Wednesday, 21st February, 2007. 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 the document it was proposed that from 1 July 2007 all new entrants to the driving instruction industry must be approved and registered before being...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Government's strategy for road safety for 2004 to 2006 identified speed, seat-belt 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, it is the intention over the course of the strategy to introduce compulsory initial...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 358 on 8 February 2005. The Government's strategy for road safety 2004-06 identified speed, seat-belt wearing, driving while intoxicated, engineering measures and vulnerable road users as being the key priority areas to be addressed over the coming years in terms of yielding road safety benefits. As regards motorcyclists, over the course of the...

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

Martin Cullen: ...driver file is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Section 4 of the Bill provides for the transfer of functions to the road safety authority covering the driving test, registration of driving instructors, driver education and the promotion of road safety for the sake of clarity.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: ...in a position to deliver a more focused and flexible service that will be able to respond more readily to customer needs and future demand. In the light of the authority's particular duty to raise driving standards, I envisage such a body having the necessary flexibility to take an innovative approach to driving standards that will have long-term benefits for road safety in future. Such...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Martin Cullen: ...appropriate and necessary. Senator Dardis mentioned that they can ask for speed limits on primary routes to be changed. It is a matter for them to operate on that basis immediately. The issues of driving instruction, testing and licensing are of particular importance in the advancement of road safety. A series of initiatives is being pursued to advance standards and outputs in such areas....

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Martin Cullen: There was a particular reason for the delay. We had access to a driving test down to five or six weeks recently. That was a very good average. There was an understanding that in certain situations provisions were going to change. This caused an avalanche of applications. There are multiple applications in the system. I am not defending it. More instructors are needed. We need to resolve the...

Road Traffic (Mobile Telephony) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I wish to share time with Deputy O'Connor. I congratulate Deputy Olivia Mitchell on her work in producing this Bill and for focusing on the problem of irresponsible mobile telephone use by drivers of motor vehicles. It is well known that I am in favour of a prohibition on the use of hand-held mobile telephones while driving and I therefore welcome the spirit behind the Bill. As I signalled on...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Second Stage. (8 Jun 2006)

Martin Cullen: ...to programmes for the improvement in the design, construction and performance of vehicles, has given rise to an ongoing need for appropriate legislative response. However, the most significant driver of the process of legislative modernisation has been the need to augment and enhance existing road safety provisions. The debate on road safety has become a central element of our national...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: ...system; the introduction of a programme for the engagement of private sector interests in the operation of speed cameras; and the introduction of a form of random breath testing. Drinking and driving is recognised as one of the most serious contributory factors in road collisions in this and all other countries. Despite ongoing efforts to inform and educate drivers of the inherent dangers...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: ...of Road Safety's principal functions are to carry out analyses, for their drug or alcohol content, of specimens of blood and urine, provided for the Gardaí by people suspected of drink or drugs driving offences. The Bureau issues certificates in respect of the results of these analyses, which may be used as evidence in prosecutions for offences. The Bureau also participates in the...