Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There has been a big increase in demand for driving tests. Some of that is related to a snap-back in demand since Covid but most of it is down to a rising population, more people working and more people driving to college and education as the Deputy pointed out in his contribution. I know from the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, that more driver testers have been hired. It is expected that once they are all up and running we will start to see that waiting list come down as it did for passports and work permits in the past. It is something we are actively working on. For reasons of road safety we do not have any plans to have an amnesty.

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