Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I ask the Leader of the House to invite the Minister for Transport to come to the House, if he remembers where we are, in the next term. It is a disgrace that he has not been here once in the second term and was only here once in the first term. We need to debate the issue of the driving test and the huge failure rate. A total of 1,400 fail the test every week. There are also wide variations with Cavan having the highest failure rate and the Shannon region having the highest pass rate. There is also the fact that there is no regulation of driver testers. Even the test is outdated from the point of view that there is no overtaking manoeuvre, a vital driving skill. It needs to be updated. Therefore, there is a need for an urgent debate in the House on the matter.