Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the mobile unit that is used for the theory test for learner drivers cannot be brought to Erris in County Mayo, obviating the need for persons to travel to Ballina. [14425/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The contract for the delivery of the driver theory testing service was awarded to Prometric Thomson Learning on the basis that testing be conducted at 41 locations nationally, including Ballina and Westport in County Mayo. There are 16 permanent centres, and mobile units service 25 locations. The centres are strategically located to limit, as far as is commensurate with the achievement of an economic testing system, the average distance that candidates are required to travel for a driver theory test.