Questions asked 20 total

• Transport 10 questions

  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the register of approved driving instructors including the number of instructors by category; the number of individual instructors who have left the register and the number of new entrants to the register by year since regulation began in 2009; and the number of ADIs giving regular lessons, that is more than 50 EDTs in a year in tabular form. [31797/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the approved syllabus for each part of the three part approved driving instructors qualification process; if he will further provide the training resources and syllabus for the biannual check test for approved driving instructors, including information on the training provided by the Road Safety Authority to any candidate who fails their first or second attempt at this test. [31798/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide information on the training provided to approved driving instructors by the Road Safety Authority with particular attention to courses and resources in relation to teaching people with disabilities such as impaired hearing and vision, also dealing with learners with conditions such as dyspraxia, people on the autism spectrum and people with language difficulties or that are non-verbal. [31799/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will recognise that during the EDT programme the sponsor hours element of the process makes up 75% of the learner drivers required training time; and the way the RSA proposes to regulate those vital hours which are currently seen by most learners as totally optional and difficult to perform due to insurance and financial concerns. [31800/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the effectiveness of the current EDT system for learner drivers paying particular attention to any improvement in overall deaths or casualties on the roads and to driving test pass rates; his views on the reduced EDT program and the safety related research that was done before this was approved. [31801/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money approved driving instructors have paid per year for student logbooks and the way the profit is distributed; his views that logbooks should be delivered with the learner permit as this is the first point of contact with learners and that independent contractors should not be expected to cover the costs out of their own pockets. [31802/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the body or authority that established the use of the approved driving instructor check test together and if his Department approved this system as an acceptable form of assessment of approved driving instructors. [31803/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of approved driving instructors that died of Covid and the research, if any, that the Road Safety Authority or the Department of Transport commissioned into the way to safely work in a car and the guidance the RSA shared with ADIs. [31804/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled due to driving testers being positive for Covid. [31805/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of approved driving instructors that did not renew their registration over the full duration of the register and in the past 3 years. [31806/22]
• Enterprise 3 questions

  • 2022-06-22 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding to local enterprise offices by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively in tabular form. [32894/22]
  • 2022-06-22 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated agency own resource income that will be generated by agencies under his Department in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [32899/22]
  • 2022-06-22 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if section 137 of The Companies Act 2014 will be amended to allow for directors in Northern Ireland to establish and register a company with the Companies Registration Office without having to lodge a non-resident directors bond revenue bond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32992/22]
• Tourism 2 questions

  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the current RTÉ strategy for the period 2018-22, which was reviewed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland prior to being submitted to her Department and was subsequently laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and signed off on by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32070/22]
  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects to receive the strategies for 2023-27 from TG4 and RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32071/22]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2022-06-21 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend services to support adults with ADHD in the Malahide and Swords areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31898/22]
  • 2022-06-22 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if health workers (details supplied) will be included for the Covid-19 bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33253/22]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2022-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable houses that will be delivered in Fingal in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32955/22]
  • 2022-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce new measures to help reduce rental costs across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32954/22]
• Education 1 question

  • 2022-06-22 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to attempts to downsize the school bus service for a route and a school (details supplied); if this decision will be revised; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that such a decision is in breach of commitments made to pupils, parents, and the school. [33024/22]