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More than 98,000 people are currently waiting to sit their driving test, contributing to a 25-week backlog, while 54,000 are waiting to complete their driver-theory test.
That is according to information received by the Oireachtas Transport Committee.
Aontú leader and Meath West TD, Peadar Tóibín, has called on the government to address the backlog, which he described as “staggering” and damaging to rural Ireland.
“One constituent I spoke to hasn’t received a date for her driving test despite booking it in September 2020.
“When she tried to find out more, she was told she would be lucky to receive a test date by the end of 2021.
Unions warn of fatal Covid blow to aviation sector
Updated / Tuesday, 9 Feb 2021
13:00
Irish airlines rely on summer bookings to make enough money to tide them over the loss-making winter season
Industry and Employment Correspondent
Irish airlines could suffer a fatal blow if they lose out on a second consecutive summer season, after a year of almost zero revenue and inadequate financial support from the Government, the Irish Airline Pilots Association has said.
IALPA President Captain Evan Cullen made his comments as he addressed the Oireachtas Transport Committee.
Captain Cullen cited recent comments by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar warning that international travel was unlikely to reopen until sometime in the future, but certainly not for the summer.
Extension of public consultation phase on National Development Plan gives everyone a chance to have a say – Buttimer
2nd February 2021 - Senator Jerry Buttimer
Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer is advising that the deadline for submissions to the public consultation phase of the National Development Plan has been extended to the 19th of February, giving everyone the chance to have a say.
Senator Buttimer was speaking after a meeting of the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Networks committee, which heard an update on the National Development Plan review from Ms Anne Graham, Chief Executive, National Transport Authority and Mr Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
31st January 2021
Caitríona Lucas, a 41-year-old librarian and mother-of-two, was a highly experienced volunteer with the Irish Coast Guard’s Doolin unit.
Irish Coast Guard volunteer Bernard Lucas has called for a re-investigation into the cause of his wife Caitriona’s death off the Clare coast in 2016.
In an interview with today’s
Sunday Independent, Mr Lucas says he finds as “shocking” the criticisms of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) in a report commissioned by maritime lawyer Michael Kingston.
The report by Capt Neil Forde of Marine Hazard Ltd said the MCIB was “not fit for purpose”.
It was submitted by Mr Michael Kingston to several Oireachtas committees, including the Transport and Communications Network committee which sat on Friday last.