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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

...: I would like to begin by thanking the committee, through the Vice Chair, for the opportunity to speak to members today to discuss issues impacting the national car testing service, NCTS, and the driver testing service. Given recent events on our roads and in relation to Ireland’s road safety performance so far this year, it is with great sadness that we acknowledge the tragic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

...released because they had reached the end of their contracts. What has happened in the past three quarters, if we go back 18 months, is we are seeing that the number of people being educated to drive and applying for learner permits is at an unprecedented level. In my opening statement, I referred to how, compared with 2019, we have seen an increase of 53% in the number of people on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: May I ask one question? From where are the testers who we hope will come in coming? Are they driving instructors? Is that going to cause a problem? Where are the testers coming from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Ms Alison Coleman: That is a good question. The recent competition for driving testers required a minimum level 5 qualification, which equates to a leaving certificate. We were finding that many guys and ladies, thankfully, were approved driving instructors, although the number was not huge. Bus drivers also came with fantastic qualifications. Others wanted to enter the public service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...the summer that was actually really hard to believe, although I probably should not have found it really hard to believe. It was about the increasing number of complaints of harassment by driving instructors. Unfortunately, the vast majority of complaints are made of male driving instructors by women. One driving instructor told a 28-year-old woman who was getting lessons in his car that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Mr. Brendan Walsh: I will pass that to Ms Coleman, our HR director. I am familiar with the story. We will come back to the Senator on it. I believe it was about ADIs. The driving instructors themselves are actually not our employees; they are with independent businesses that offer services.