Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend the deadline for holders of TM CPC UK certificates to exchange same for EU or Irish certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12089/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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My Department received clarification in late November 2020 from the European Commission that holders of a Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (TM CPC) issued by a competent authority in the UK could request a corresponding CPC from the competent authority in the Member State where they live or where the road transport operator employing them is established, as long as the request was submitted before the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020. My Department wrote to all TM CPC holders working as Transport Managers for Irish road transport operators to inform them of this position, urging them to apply for a corresponding Irish (EU) certificate.

As the deadline applicable has now passed, any persons who wish to act as Transport Manager for an Irish/EU operator must obtain a TM CPC issued by an EU Member State. Obtaining an Irish TM CPC requires passing the examination administered by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) on behalf of my Department. Candidates who already hold a UK-issued TM CPC will not be required to undertake the training course of 100 hours that is normally mandatory before taking the examination. The next dates for the TM CPC examination are 31 March and 30 June 2021 and candidates can register online with CILT for either examination session.

A transport manager holding an EU TM CPC and working for a road transport operator in an EU Member State, including Ireland, must reside in an EU Member State.