Written answers
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
Department of Transport
Driving Tests
9:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport the average waiting time, the number of applicants on the waiting list and the number of testers in respect of each driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28193/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Driver testers are assigned to headquarter centres. Other test centres within the region are served from the headquarter centres.
| Applications on Hand — 10/10/05 | |||
| Centre | Applications on hand | Average weeks waiting | No. of driver testers |
| North Leinster | |||
| Finglas | 10,964 | 31 | 17 |
| Dundalk | 3,656 | 36 | — |
| Mullingar | 2,073 | 34 | — |
| Navan | 4,864 | 45 | 1 |
| Raheny | 8,390 | 26 | 8 |
| South Leinster | |||
| Churchtown-Rathgar | 12,070 | 36 | 16 |
| Gorey | 2,595 | 46 | — |
| Naas | 5,553 | 27 | 2 |
| Tullamore | 2,210 | 41 | — |
| Wicklow | 2,911 | 41 | — |
| Tallaght | 9,813 | 41 | 9 |
| West | |||
| Athlone | 991 | 19 | 2 |
| Birr | 1,410 | 26 | — |
| Castlebar | 1,958 | 27 | 4 |
| Clifden | 487 | 32 | — |
| Ennis | 1,641 | 24 | 3 |
| Galway | 3,621 | 35 | 6 |
| Loughrea | 1,177 | 24 | 2 |
| Roscommon | 1,242 | 28 | — |
| Tuam | 1,277 | 26 | — |
| North West | |||
| Ballina | 1,183 | 21 | — |
| Buncrana | 733 | 32 | — |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | 913 | 18 | 2 |
| Cavan | 1,683 | 28 | 2 |
| Donegal | 1,176 | 35 | — |
| Letterkenny | 2,309 | 23 | 3 |
| Longford | 1,030 | 24 | — |
| Monaghan | 1,243 | 26 | 1 |
| Sligo | 1,782 | 30 | 2 |
| South East | |||
| Carlow | 2,434 | 26 | 1 |
| Clonmel | 2,099 | 41 | 2 |
| Dungarvan | 1,617 | 44 | — |
| Kilkenny | 1,885 | 23 | 2 |
| Nenagh | 765 | 40 | — |
| Portlaoise | 1,801 | 41 | 1 |
| Thurles | 1,200 | 45 | — |
| Tipperary | 1,141 | 41 | — |
| Waterford | 3,041 | 33 | 4 |
| Wexford | 2,336 | 31 | 4 |
| South West | |||
| Cork | 6,933 | 23 | 13 |
| Killarney | 2,010 | 31 | 1 |
| Kilrush | 519 | 27 | — |
| Limerick | 4,304 | 28 | 4 |
| Mallow | 2,372 | 35 | — |
| Newcastle West | 1,812 | 31 | — |
| Shannon | 932 | 39 | — |
| Skibbereen | 2,031 | 40 | — |
| Tralee | 1,644 | 25 | 3 |
| Totals | Average | |
| North Leinster | 29,947 | 34 |
| South Leinster | 35,152 | 39 |
| West | 13,804 | 27 |
| North West | 12,052 | 26 |
| South East | 18,319 | 37 |
| South West | 22,557 | 31 |
| TOTAL | 131,831 | 31.8 |
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