Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to complaints concerning current driver-testing arrangements whereby applicants are given very short notice when called for their test; and if he will undertake to improve this arrangement. [7816/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Appointments for driving tests are normally issued four to five weeks prior to the date of the test. However, there have been a few occasions where, because of pressure of work, the notification period may have been shorter than this.

Appointments for applicants who require early test appointments for urgent reasons may be filled from test slots that become available due to cancellations. Test appointments filled from the cancellation list will almost always be allocated at short notice as they become available.