Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Arrangements are in hand for the regulation and registration of driving instructors. The target date for formal requirements in this area is 1 January 2009. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is currently drafting Regulations for me which will give effect to these mandatory requirements from that date. The RSA's work in this respect derives from extensive consultations which it has engaged in with the driving instructor sector since 2006.

I am aware that in the meantime the RSA has arrangements in hand which potentially could permit existing driving instructors to demonstrate that they already meet the standard which will be set out in due course in the Regulations.