Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are people all over west Cork trying to get theory tests and driving tests. The whole system seems to be blocked up and flawed. One lady told me she had her 12 lessons done but the system would not allow her to register them, which meant she could not book her test. This is mainly about young people's lives. Priority must be given to getting a more efficient system going. We blame Covid for all the wrongs but this has been a problem well before Covid. The test booking system is a shambles. In one example, two people from the same household tried booking a test at the same time. One was offered several available options in a particular time period and the other was not offered anything in the same timeframe. There are situations where logged lessons do not show up on the logbook portal, which means people will not get a test as the system states they have not completed their training. West Cork has a lot of young people looking to get their driving tests. We have a great driving test centre in Skibbereen but maybe somewhere like Bantry, Bandon, Clonakilty or Kinsale could be considered as a second centre to ease the pressure.

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