Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2025-02-25
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

Navan has the longest waiting times in the country at the moment. Learners are waiting up to 33 weeks just to receive an appointment. Waits for retests can mean anything up to six or seven months. Is that acceptable to the Minister of State? It is certainly not acceptable to the thousands of young people in my county who are desperate for a driver's licence so they can go about their business. As of April last year, there were 5,305 individuals on that waiting list. It was an incredibly high figure and the reason is quite obvious. There is a shortage of testers able to actually go through those tests to reduce the numbers. In the whole of Meath there are three testers currently. This is an incredible figure. I would like it if the Minister of State could maybe pay less attention to his notes and a bit more to the debate that is actually happening here, if that is alright.

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Sitting date: 2025-02-25