Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Table 1 sets out the numbers waiting and the average waiting time at each driving test centre on 9 May 2005. Table 2 sets out the number of driver testers, including supervisory testers, employed by my Department between 1997 and 2005. My Department and the Department of Finance have agreed a package of measures which includes increased productivity, the recruitment of additional testers and the outsourcing of a block of tests. These measures have a potential to reduce the numbers awaiting a test by up to 80,000. Consultations with staff interests have commenced on the implementation of these measures.

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