Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Car Testing: Discussion

Mr. Brendan Walsh:

We continually assess where the needs are. In relation to Tallaght specifically, it is very high but Dublin is in general. As part of a full overhaul we want to do within our driving test curriculum, we will also look at the need to increase capacity where it is done. At the moment, bringing in the extra testers, the facilities themselves are there but we need the bodies to do the tests. If we need to increase the number of rooms available, for example, in Tallaght or in any other area, which we have done, we will continue to do that to make sure we get the service back to the SLA of ten days. If I could man the 59 physical sites to capacity, we would not have a problem.