Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How is the allocation of driving test slots prioritised? A number of people have contacted us to say they depend on their cars for work because they live 15 miles from their jobs and there is no public transport. There might be a Local Link bus that comes at 11 a.m. or 12 noon, which is fine and serves another cohort of people - mainly elderly people who are going shopping. People are depending on their cars for work. In rural towns, they might be driving to the county town, for example, Naas, or Kilkenny, Tullamore or wherever else. If a person who requires a licence for work can show that he or she lives a distance from work, does that give him or her any priority?