Mr. Brendan Walsh:

First, is it fit for purpose? Yes, it is. Are we continuously looking at it? Yes. I referred earlier on in response to another Deputy to how we are looking at how we mark the driving test at the moment. That is just one element. We have an action in the road safety strategy around looking at the curriculum of how we learn to drive as a country. As part of that, we currently have a literature review being carried out where we are reviewing all the different driving test structures across Europe. My chief driving tester has attended meetings in other countries to look at how they do their driving as well. We will formulate that literature review into recommendations on how we want to change driving in Ireland.

We have already taken steps. The first is we have looked at the curriculum and the actual driving test. We have started that. We are currently engaged in a pilot programme. We are preparing a tender for a pilot to look at how we could maybe bring in driving test simulators, how they can be used and integrate them into the great work the ADIs are doing within the service, but also to support and increase the pass rate for our driving tests. We are looking across all areas. It is a very detailed action that is contained within the plan.