Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The public is paying for this; this is not something the State subsidises. It is subject to the public. All of us pay for the service when we apply to do our driver test. The current 30-week wait is not acceptable. We have had a good discussion. I will let Deputy Kenny in shortly. However, it is fair to say that people are paying for a service. People expect a level of service for any service for which they pay. It is an issue in urban Ireland. We saw the palpable anger of some of the members here, in particular from our many members from Munster. However, the Dublin lists are probably longer than the rural lists in many cases but some of those people at least can have the opportunity to use public transport in a way that those in rural areas cannot. I presume there are people driving on permits that they should not be driving on because they are unable to get the permits they should have. That is not something I advocate or suggest should be the case. However, I do not doubt that it is happening.