Mr. Brendan Walsh:

If I may give a quick update regarding the C and D licences, ten to 12 weeks is how long the wait for a test will be. In the haulage sector in particular, there has been a big influx of drivers from abroad. Last year we had around 20,600 drivers come in and we processed their licences within 35 days on average. The last time we appeared before the committee, members asked us to try to improve that. My team did a great job on that and they have now got it down to 32 days and we continue to try to find efficiencies to speed up that processing. As for Friday of last week, we have had 1,243 applications for foreign licences and only 86 of those are currently waiting. We listened to the committee and were very thankful for the steer from it the last time we were here and we implemented a corrective process and will continue to do so to enhance the customer experience.