Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)

-----and Oldtown, and very proudly so. It is extremely difficult for our people to get to any of the driving test centres. I would very much echo calls for a driving test centre in north County Dublin. It is the youngest and fastest growing area in the country between Swords, Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk. It has a huge population and we have people heading to Finglas, Raheny or even as far as Dundalk. The miles people are doing are just not warranted given the population we have so I would be very supportive of setting up a driving test centre in north County Dublin. Whatever I can do to support that please let me know. I am very happy to write to the Minister and support the establishment of that.

Second, I noted in the opening remarks that the witnesses emphasised very much that every part of the work of the RSA is ultimately about protecting lives. I would like and hope that they will come back in and talk to us about that because it is a really important focus. We have had 174 people die, as the authority noted. Is the driving test fit for purpose? Has it evolved? How often does the RSA check that it is fit for purpose and that it is focused not only on driver safety, but also the safety of all road users? It is really important, and I do not have any understanding of how often the driving test is reviewed to make sure it is fit for purpose.