Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are well over 2,700 people in Drogheda waiting to do their driving test. They will be waiting at least 30 weeks, if they are lucky, to get a test date. For some reason, the Road Safety Authority, RSA, seems to deem Drogheda not suitable as a location for a test centre. Following information I requested from the RSA, seven of the 14 sites it looked at were deemed not suitable but it gave no reasons whatsoever for those assertions. Looking through the other reasons other sites were rejected, unbelievably, traffic in the area was cited as the excuse on more than one.

Drogheda is Ireland's largest town. The people in Drogheda pay their taxes. They pay their road taxes and they also pay a toll tax to get from one side of the town to the other which has been forced on them. Is it the Taoiseach's belief that the RSA should be allowed to leave the largest town in Ireland without a permanent test centre?

If it is not his belief, will he request that it undertakes this task immediately, source the site and provide a permanent test centre for Drogheda, instead of promising it for years and failing to deliver it for years?

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