Written answers
Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Department of Transport
Driving Tests
9:00 pm
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test at each of the country's test centres at 1 February 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; the national average waiting time on each of these dates; and the number of testers based at each of the centres on each of these dates. [6614/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the data available for the information requested. The data in relation to waiting times for the years 2000 and 2001 is an average of longest waiting times while the data for 2002 onwards is an average of the average waiting times at all test centres. Driver testers are assigned to headquarter centres within each region. Driver testers are in turn assigned from headquarter centres to meet the demand in other test centres.
| Table 1 Numbers awaiting a Driving Test | ||||||
| Centre | 31/1/00 | 29/1/01 | 28/1/02 | 3/2/03 | 2/2/04 | 7/2/05 |
| North Leinster | ||||||
| Finglas/Raheny* | 13,544 | 10,120 | 3,981 | 7,416 | 8,208 | 9,037 |
| Dundalk | 1,913 | 1,452 | 1,300 | 2,401 | 2,940 | 3,000 |
| Mullingar | 945 | 868 | 673 | 1,457 | 1,648 | 1,626 |
| Navan | 2,341 | 1,678 | 1,582 | 3,518 | 4,505 | 4,456 |
| Raheny | * | * | 2,036 | 5,690 | 7,162 | 7,601 |
| South Leinster | ||||||
| Churchtown/Rathgar/Tallaght | 12,930 | 9,679 | 4,404 | 9,037 | 11,426 | 11,600 |
| Gorey | 1,161 | 692 | 451 | 1,652 | 1,943 | 2,047 |
| Naas | 3,709 | 2,345 | 1,990 | 5,074 | 6,544 | 5,540 |
| Tullamore | 963 | 742 | 529 | 1,411 | 1,514 | 1,965 |
| Wicklow | 1,516 | 1,035 | 918 | 2,122 | 2,442 | 2,313 |
| Tallaght* | * | * | 3,017 | 7,249 | 8,718 | 8,511 |
| West | ||||||
| Athlone | 759 | 775 | 33 | 953 | 759 | 1,295 |
| Birr | 697 | 709 | 466 | 926 | 943 | 1,145 |
| Castlebar | 1,859 | 1,745 | 1,290 | 1,814 | 2,319 | 2,059 |
| Clifden | 240 | 256 | 193 | 312 | 321 | 348 |
| Ennis | 948 | 852 | 468 | 740 | 762 | 1,123 |
| Galway | 2,585 | 2,346 | 1,692 | 2,085 | 2,716 | 2,811 |
| Loughrea | 866 | 898 | 557 | 917 | 805 | 867 |
| Roscommon | 956 | 900 | 607 | 974 | 938 | 892 |
| Tuam | 827 | 757 | 600 | 1,004 | 1,116 | 1,016 |
| North West | ||||||
| Ballina | 816 | 682 | 653 | 1,058 | 1,102 | 1,029 |
| Buncrana | 374 | 383 | 408 | 407 | 504 | 665 |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | 873 | 937 | 582 | 924 | 1,183 | 1,045 |
| Cavan | 1,257 | 1,108 | 1,016 | 1,583 | 1,956 | 1,660 |
| Donegal | 785 | 853 | 753 | 775 | 1,012 | 1,026 |
| Letterkenny | 1,628 | 1,459 | 681 | 1,061 | 1,824 | 2,109 |
| Longford | 871 | 739 | 692 | 888 | 1,004 | 940 |
| Monaghan | 914 | 807 | 555 | 982 | 1,328 | 1,364 |
| Sligo | 1,226 | 1,334 | 977 | 1,014 | 1,323 | 1,275 |
| South East | ||||||
| Carlow | 1,339 | 1,167 | 800 | 1,941 | 2,588 | 2,489 |
| Clonmel | 1,131 | 956 | 485 | 1,587 | 2,012 | 1,936 |
| Dungarvan | 947 | 807 | 582 | 1,266 | 1,744 | 1,567 |
| Kilkenny | 1,599 | 1,189 | 1,032 | 2,046 | 2,552 | 2,187 |
| Nenagh | 441 | 431 | 308 | 608 | 721 | 810 |
| Portlaoise | 983 | 782 | 664 | 1,406 | 1,537 | 1,629 |
| Thurles | 647 | 559 | 399 | 925 | 1,299 | 1,188 |
| Tipperary | 616 | 489 | 370 | 957 | 1,133 | 1,032 |
| Waterford | 1,824 | 1,500 | 1,392 | 2,823 | 3,533 | 2,835 |
| Wexford | 1,889 | 1,374 | 1,076 | 2,054 | 2,417 | 2,419 |
| South West | ||||||
| Cork | 7,720 | 6,452 | 2,830 | 6,248 | 6,848 | 6,245 |
| Killarney | 1,659 | 1,268 | 731 | 1,649 | 1,924 | 2,105 |
| Kilrush | 420 | 372 | 280 | 433 | 483 | 448 |
| Limerick | 3,285 | 2,610 | 1,570 | 2,822 | 3,786 | 3,797 |
| Mallow | 1,756 | 1,471 | 730 | 1,820 | 1,907 | 2,011 |
| Newcastle West | 1,500 | 1,188 | 548 | 1,500 | 1,608 | 1,700 |
| Shannon | 726 | 671 | 521 | 781 | 1,027 | 893 |
| Skibbereen | 1,698 | 1,451 | 698 | 1,471 | 1,854 | 1,923 |
| Tralee | 1,755 | 1,236 | 832 | 1,653 | 1,998 | 1,712 |
| Average Weeks-Nationally | 27.8 | 21.8 | 15.3 | 10.9 | 34 | 29.9 |
| *Combined count centre until 2002. |
| Table 2. Testers Headquartered at Test Centres | ||||||
| Driving Test Centres | 31/1/00 | 29/1/01 | 28/1/02 | 3/2/03 | 2/2/04 | 7/2/05 |
| North Leinster Region | ||||||
| Finglas | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| Raheny | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Dundalk | — | |||||
| Mullingar | — | |||||
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Leinster Region | ||||||
| Churchtown/Rathgar | 17 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Tallaght | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Gorey | — | |||||
| Naas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tullamore | — | |||||
| Wicklow | 1 | — | ||||
| West Region | ||||||
| Athlone | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Birr | — | |||||
| Castlebar | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Clifden | — | |||||
| Ennis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Galway | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Loughrea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Roscommon | — | |||||
| Tuam | — | |||||
| North West Region | ||||||
| Ballina | 1 | — | ||||
| Buncrana | — | |||||
| Carrick-on-Shannon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cavan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Donegal | — | |||||
| Letterkenny | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Longford | — | |||||
| Monaghan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sligo | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| South East Region | ||||||
| Carlow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dungarvan | — | |||||
| Kilkenny | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Nenagh | — | |||||
| Portlaoise | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Thurles | — | |||||
| Tipperary | — | |||||
| Waterford | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Wexford | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| South West Region | ||||||
| Cork | 7.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Killarney | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kilrush | — | |||||
| Limerick | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Mallow | — | |||||
| Newcastle West | — | |||||
| Shannon | — | |||||
| Skibbereen | — | |||||
| Tralee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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