I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 and 310 together.
The proposals now being developed by my Department for the regulation and/or quality control of driving instruction involve a test of the competence of individual instructors, or exemption from this requirement where an instructor is accredited to an organisation of driving instructors recognised by my Department as meeting appropriate quality standards.
The design of these standards is at present being formulated by a working group comprising representatives of my Department and of instruction interests.
Recognition of particular driving instruction bodies must await the completion of this process. In principle it will be a matter for such bodies to operate on a self-financing basis.