David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is, because there are many people who do not have the tests within the target timeframes they should. The Minister may get a chance to respond again later.

I want to refer to one example of a young man from Waterford who contacted me. He is not interested in glib responses from the Minister. He is interested in the Minister coming up with solutions and actually dealing with the problem. He needs his licence for work. He finished his lessons and was signed off at the start of September. He was originally told he would be invited for a test by 10 January. He was then told it would be 17 March at the earliest and possibly later than that. After that, he would have to wait another three or four weeks to get the test. That is the reality, unfortunately, and unless we have more driving instructors and permanent test centres, many more people will have to wait longer for the test. That is unfair on them. It is something that can be fixed.

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