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 are actually in a situation when it comes to the slots we lose where it has actually decreased. Let us be honest; we have heard from the passion from everybody that people want a driver test so when they get their slot they are turning up. We have seen a decrease from January 2022 when we had around 9% of lost slots down to around 5% at the moment. It has declined. People are taking their tests and presenting for their tests. The number of lost slots so far this year is around 6,000. If you put that in context, we have delivered 170,000 tests this year. It is a very small figure.