Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2022
203. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when certificate of professional competence courses for lorry drivers will be carried out online; the reason they are not carried out online to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54904/22]
View answerThere is no online driver CPC training in place at the current time. EU Directive 2003/59/EC, which introduced driver CPC, was updated in 2018 (EU Directive 645 of 2018) and the amended directive allows for part of the driver CPC training to be completed online. However, most of the training is required to be completed in a classroom-based environment.
The Road Safety Authority has begun reviewing options for online training and a consultation process with stakeholders has commenced.
