Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In my constituency of Limerick, theory tests could have continued the whole way through the pandemic because they are done on a portal system. It would have been very easy. Other businesses kept going. This was a very easy system that could have been kept going to get the theory test out of the way so people could get their licences. It is so important to get the theory test done so people can apply for a licence because that gets them on the system for the insurance companies down the line. That is the main thing. People who have no transport and who want to go to college and get part-time work have been held up for nine and ten months over theory tests being put off all the time. A theory test is done on a computer screen. People sit in front of it and answer questions. Other businesses were able to continue. Why were the theory tests not able to?

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