Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion
Mr. Sam Waide:
This is an important point because the driving test service, until recently, if we were to go back to 2014 and 2015, crudely speaking, it has had a flat line in demand. Most recently, though, it has been climbing and climbing. The term "long-term planning" was used. It is a case of, as I said earlier to committee members, a service that is growing in demand, in the medium and long term, and for all the reasons mentioned earlier in respect of a growing population, an increasing need and people, and not just young people, but including those in their 40s, 50s and 60s, applying for a licence for the first time ever. There is-----
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