IRELAND FACES ECJ COURT ACTION OVER PROFESSIONAL DIVER FAILINGS
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) order could force the Irish government to improve and expand its mandatory training programmes for road hauliers. The European Commission has asked judges to rule Ireland's current training system is too scant to meet the safety standards required by the European Union's (EU) directive on training professional drivers. It says member states must introduce an initial training system based on coursework and a test, or just a test. Continuing training is also required: 35 hours of training every 5 years. Although ...
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