Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes proposed under EU Regulation 2020/698 to the A2 motorcycle driver licence test are to be adopted on 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30268/20]

Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes are proposed to the A2 motorcycle driver licence test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 77 together.

The requirements for test vehicle motorcycles category A2 to be used during the practical driving test are to be adapted to technical progress, in particular to combustion engine and chassis development and to the wider use of electric motorcycles. The adaptation of the technical specifications for category A2 test vehicles should also ensure that applicants are tested on vehicles that are representative of the category for which the driving licence would be issued.

EU Directive 2020/612 provides for the reduction of the minimum requirement for category A2 motorcycles, powered by an internal combustion engine. Legislation changes to the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations are being progressed to adopt this provision by 1 November 2020.