Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I acknowledge the waiting time for driver testing is too long. The RSA has a service level agreement of a ten-week target which is not being met. It is increasing testing capacity and trying to improve the overall delivery by increasing the permanent sanction of testers to 200. That should help support a reduction in the wait time. I will ask the Minister for Transport to respond directly on the driver test site in Tallaght or where that may or may not be. I do not have that particular information. We acknowledge that many people are waiting too long. That is why the recruitment process is under way to try to accelerate a reduction in the wait times for many people across the country which are just too long.

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