Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Young people have had it incredibly tough in the past couple of years. Covid has deprived them of so much. It has impacted their education, mental health and ability to socialise and have fun. We need to move mountains for young people more than we ever have. The least we can do is provide them with timely access to driving tests. Waiting five months for a driving test after making an application is not good enough. The rescheduling of tests is a cause of great frustration, particularly when an appointment for a test and is put back by months. We need to change this. The problem is particularly acute in Cork. In Skibbereen, there were two testers previously but now there is only one. We are hearing rumours that St. Finbarr's test centre may close. We need to do more. The least we can do is give people timely access to driving tests.

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