Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I mentioned earlier, I appreciate this is a big problem and a burning issue. Young people, in particular, need to be able to get on the road in rural Ireland and in urban Ireland too, so they can access job opportunities, get to college or do whatever they need to do. Yesterday, an announcement was made by the Minister for Transport that an additional 40 staff would be taken on to try to get through the backlog that built up over the course of the pandemic. Some theory tests are being done online. I do not see why more cannot be done online. I think that is the suggestion Deputy Healy-Rae is making. That is the intention.

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