Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland and it has the longest waiting list in the country for driving tests. If you apply for a test today, it will be 27 November before you get an invitation to formally apply and 2024 before you sit your test. That compares badly with Dundalk, where the waiting time is three months, Navan, where the waiting time is two months, and Monaghan, where the waiting time is less than two months.

The Road Safety Authority, RSA, has promised to establish a permanent test centre in Drogheda but has failed to do so despite the many suitable proposals that have been made. Will the Taoiseach raise this as a matter of urgency so that Drogheda people can be treated the same as anybody else in the country and can get a driving test in an appropriate amount of time?

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