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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be permitted to access the RSA national test centres as they continue to be locked out in the cold for almost two years; the reason with the reopening of most sections of society the RSA testing centres are not fully reopened to driving instructors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie O'Dea: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current situation in which approved driving instructors at RSA test centres have been prevented from entering these centres and have had no access to toilet or sanitary facilities for almost two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Dec 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Eoin Ó Broin: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that driving instructors have been unable to access bathroom or sanitation facilities at RSA test centres since 2020 due to the pandemic; if his attention has been drawn to the way this impacts them in their work; and if he will work with test centres to ensure there are facilities for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (15 Dec 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of sanitary and-or bathroom facilities for driving instructors (details supplied) at RSA facilities; and if he will take immediate action to remedy the situation. [62174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (14 Dec 2021) See 2 other results from this answer

Réada Cronin: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to resolve the situation in relation to driving instructors who are being denied access to basic facilities such as toilets and sanitation for a second year (details supplied) given that they are providing a vital service dealing with the current backlog of persons waiting for driving tests; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider giving updated guidelines to driving test centres operated by the Road Safety Authority in order that instructors can use bathroom facilities at the centres once they are able to prove their vaccination status and adhere to Covid-19 guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59545/21]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary)
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary)
(25 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe Carey: I raised the issue of 34 RSA driver instructors. I did not see any reference in the Estimate here, but I was led to believe a submission was made by the Minister of State's Department, from the RSA, to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, DEPR, seeking sanction to take these people on, on a permanent basis. They would have been employed through a strenuous requirement process in...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...area plan. This is not a new procedure. The board already has the power to grant certain permissions that contravene a development plan in specific circumstances. The proposed new rules on fit and proper persons to be a driving instructor were raised by Deputies McNamara and Carey. The principles of excluding persons with certain types of convictions from certain professions, either...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that driving instructors whose car is being used by a pupil to undertake their driving test are afforded shelter and access to a toilet at RSA driving test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56640/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

...training will cost €4.1 million. We have paid out €1.7 million so far. We started training. We awarded the contract for training in late 2018. The training started soon after that whereby training instructors travelled to simulators in Norway. That came to a halt during Covid-19 the following year. The training is progressing slowly because we want to keep the service...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

John Lahart: ...and another piece of the infrastructure we need. I also welcome that additional information will be sought from drivers who seek to be insured in other cars. I agree with the provisions on driving instructors with regard to criminal records. I also take Deputy Carey's point that there could be some kind of a clause whereby people could go before an independent committee to explain, for...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ..., quads and similar vehicles. There are amendments to strengthen laws concerning insurance and road traffic law enforcement. These measures will help to improve road safety while helping us to drive down the cost of insurance for law-abiding drivers. These initiatives will help us to advance towards our ambitious shared EU Vision Zero objective of eliminating deaths and serious injuries...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...accessible and our road traffic legislation is not. That must be remedied. I turn now to one specific Part, which I was surprised to see in the Bill. I refer to Part 5, which regulates licences for driving instructors. Section 18 in the Road Traffic Act 1968 provides for that. Part 5 of this legislation, however, brings in a whole new grouping of persons who are automatically...

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 Finance: Tax Exemptions (11 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...are liable to VAT at the standard rate unless they fall within Annex III of the Directive, in respect of which Member States may apply either one or two reduced rates of VAT. The supply of driving lessons is not listed in Annex III and therefore would, in general across the EU, be subject to the standard rate. However, the Directive allows that a Member State may maintain a historic VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie O'Dea: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will activate past driving instructors from An Garda Síochána and the Army given there is a massive shortage in driving instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at least 40 trained driving instructors working in driving test centres are at risk of being let go as their contracts may not be renewed as they do not have permanent employment and this will put pressure on the entire testing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if instructions will be in place regarding wearing of facemasks for transport workers in which close contact is unavoidable such as for driving instructors and their clients after the lifting of restrictions on 22 October 2021. [48760/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. One of the proposals that has been raised by driving instructors and others is that we would avail of the resource of driving instructors, either to assess people they deem ready for tests or possibly give them the responsibility of testing. Have any of those types of hybrid models been considered, or does the Minister of State not see them as...

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