Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be delighted to know that I am substituting for Deputy Higgins on this question, which relates to the waiting times for driving tests. In 2020, Covid created a massive problem in this area and massive backlogs, but we have not seen the type of progress that we would have liked to have seen in clearing those backlogs. The regular issues that I have to deal with in my office are from constituents who badly need to have full licences for work, for education and for other reasons. We do not have the public transport links, particularly in rural constituencies, that we need to have. People need to be able to drive. They need to have their full licences. They need those backlogs cleared.

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