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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...be our priority and she is dead right, but it is not the case if a person cannot access a toilet in the course of his or her work. I like the bit where the Minister of State describes taking a driving test. I think we all know how that happens. The Minister of State talks about the need to protect the building and the health and safety of the workers. We are not seeking to put anyone's...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: Rita, a driving instructor from Sligo, told us: I felt really embarrassed to have to ask my student could I use her toilet and wash my hands after dropping her home, we don't have public toilets, the only one was the other side of town at the bus station. I'm always in and around the test centre so I relied on the facilities Darragh in Dublin stated: "From my experience I don't expect...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputies and acknowledge that this is a difficult situation. Covid-19 has been disruptive to a number of settings. This is an operational matter for the RSA and driving instructors operate as independent businesses. They are not employed by either the Department of Transport or the Road Safety Authority. Driver testers are direct employees of the Road Safety Authority and,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...of any doubt that is access to a toilet, for these workers is nothing short of a disgrace. They are left waiting out in the freezing cold and the rain while their students take the test in the instructor's car. The Road Safety Authority, RSA, will not let them use these basic facilities in the course of their work. I will quote what some of the workers are saying in their own words....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: ...with the Minister of State on a number of occasions at this stage and I raised it with the chair of the RSA directly at the committee last week. The response to date has been totally inadequate. Driving instructors have been treated with contempt. Simple, low-cost and no-cost solutions are available but they have not been availed of. When I put this matter to the chair of the RSA, Liz...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputies for raising the matter in regard to access to hygiene and health facilities for approved driving instructors at driver test centres. Both the Department of Transport and the Road Safety Authority are aware that driving instructors disagree with the decision by the RSA to close washing facilities and waiting rooms in driver test centres to ensure compliance with public...