Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, we pursued this as part of the reopening of society. The gradual reopening of in-person driver theory test centres commenced from 8 June. The Road Safety Authority reopened test centres and introduced capacity to increase the number of tests from an average of 15,000 tests to 25,000 tests monthly to tackle the backlog and shorten waiting times. Capacity will gradually increase to 50,000 tests monthly, when public health guidance permits.

The pilot online driver theory test has been running for truck and bus categories and is now being extended to include a limited number of car and motorbike tests. The new offering would see 4,000 online theory tests available for all categories of vehicles in June and that will be increased again in July. I will speak to the Minister for Transport but he is not operationally involved with specific appointments and cancellations, which I think is understood.

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