Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The RSA has been working, in consultation with my Department, on plans for the resumption of the range of services and functions for which it is responsible, following the publication of the Government roadmap and, more recently, the National Return to Work Safely Protocol as agreed by employer and trade union representatives.

The driver testing service restarted on a gradual basis during Phase 3 of the Government’s road map for easing of Covid19 restrictions.

On Monday 29 June, driving tests resumed on a gradual basis for trucks, buses and motorcycles. Fourteen driving test centres reopened initially, but as the number of tests and categories of vehicles being tested increases in the coming weeks, the remaining test centres will reopen. The RSA will update its website, rsa.ie to advise on each centre as they re-open.

Following the publication by Government of a revised Phase 3 road map for reopening Ireland, driving tests for cars, vans and minibuses have now resumed on a phased basis with priority beeen given for essential workers in the first instance and those who had appointments cancelled due to Covid 19.

The safety of the public is of paramount importance at this time, whether from infection or from deaths and injuries on the road, and in this as in all aspects of the Covid-19 crisis, my Department will be guided by NPHET and national experts.