Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Fianna Fail)

There is no driving test centre in north County Dublin. The nearest centres are in the Finglas and Charlestown. I have spoken to a number of driving test instructors in north County Dublin who have shown me there are significant difficulties with this. A learner driver cannot use the motorway. If people doing their test in Finglas and need to practice on that route, they will have to get to Finglas, which is a significant distance from Lusk, Skerries or Rush. People are paying for a three-hour lesson, which is a significant cost, so that their driving instructor can drive them from Skerries to Finglas. They spend more than half of that lesson in traffic on the way there and then they do their lesson around the route. That is a significant cost when a number of lessons are involved. Why is the RSA not considering a driving test centre for Balbriggan, Skerries or Rush?