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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the register of approved driving instructors including the number of instructors by category; the number of individual instructors who have left the register and the number of new entrants to the register by year since regulation began in 2009; and the number of ADIs giving regular lessons, that is more than 50 EDTs...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Road Safety Authority has direct responsibility for the regulation of Approved Driving Instructors, I have referred this query to the Authority for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a response within 10 working days she should contact my office directly. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the approved syllabus for each part of the three part approved driving instructors qualification process; if he will further provide the training resources and syllabus for the biannual check test for approved driving instructors, including information on the training provided by the Road Safety Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Road Safety Authority has direct responsibility for the regulation of Approved Driving Instructors, I have referred this query to the Authority for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a response within 10 working days she should contact my office directly. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on the training provided to approved driving instructors by the Road Safety Authority with particular attention to courses and resources in relation to teaching people with disabilities such as impaired hearing and vision, also dealing with learners with conditions such as dyspraxia, people on the autism...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Road Safety Authority has direct responsibility for the regulation of Approved Driving Instructors, I have referred this query to the Authority for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a response within 10 working days she should contact my office directly. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am satisfied that the current Essential Driver Training (EDT) programme is comprehensive in nature and ensures that everyone who successfully passes their driving test is competent to drive on our roads. The EDT programme provides for a minimum of 12 lessons with an Approved Driving Instructor covering all essential driver skills. In 2006 a total of 396 people lost their lives...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money approved driving instructors have paid per year for student logbooks and the way the profit is distributed; his views that logbooks should be delivered with the learner permit as this is the first point of contact with learners and that independent contractors should not be expected to cover the costs out of their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Essential Driver Training (EDT) logbook costs €5, which goes towards the costs of maintaining the Road Safety Authority (RSA) MyEDT portal. The RSA does not set driving lesson prices, which can vary considerably across the sector. It is a matter for each Approved Driving Instructor to set the pricing structure that best suits the inputs required to operate their own particular...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body or authority that established the use of the approved driving instructor check test together and if his Department approved this system as an acceptable form of assessment of approved driving instructors. [31803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under provisions set out in S.I. No. 203/2009 - Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is legally required to carry out a check test of an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) every two years at the very minimum. This test takes the form of an observation by an RSA examiner of a lesson given by the instructor to a learner...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of approved driving instructors that died of Covid and the research, if any, that the Road Safety Authority or the Department of Transport commissioned into the way to safely work in a car and the guidance the RSA shared with ADIs. [31804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) are either self-employed or work for a driving school company. As such, there is no employer-employee relationship between ADIs and either the Road Safety Authority (RSA) or this Department. Therefore, there is no information available to this Department of the nature sought by the Deputy.  The RSA issued guidelines on ADIs to assist them to make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of approved driving instructors that did not renew their registration over the full duration of the register and in the past 3 years. [31806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jun 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Road Safety Authority has direct responsibility for the regulation of Approved Driving Instructors, I am sending this query to the Authority for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a response within 10 working days she should contact my office directly.