Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As of 6 November 2022, 43,292 people were awaiting a test, of whom 3,000 received an open invitation in the past ten days but have not yet used it. Some 15,934 tests have been booked, while a further 24,071 are not eligible to take the test because they have had their permits for less than six months or have not completed their mandatory 12 pre-test driving lessons. Some 47,510 candidate applications are paused because, for example, they received an invitation but did not use it within the ten-day window available. I ask people who have a date for a test but are unable to attend to cancel it and allow someone else the opportunity. There is a percentage of no-shows.