Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

Constituents of mine have had tests cancelled. It happens occasionally. A driver tester may not know he or she requires sick leave until the last minute and people must be contacted. There are a variety of circumstances where a test must be cancelled. What Deputy O'Dowd outlined in the case of Raheny has happened in other test centres but it is not a general practice.

On the questions that have been disallowed, I wrote to a number of Deputies who raised this matter with me. From recollection and reading through written parliamentary questions, I thought the matter was allowed.

The matter was raised by me with the RSA, which replied stating that it is satisfied that there is no great discrepancy. When one looks at the overall pass figures around the country, there is no imbalance between them. If I understand correctly what the RSA stated, the SGS sample to date is a small one. The RSA will obviously keep the matter under review, as I will.

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