Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount the outsourcing of driver testers will cost his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29947/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The package of measures to reduce the backlog of driving test applications includes a bonus scheme for driver testers, the recruitment of additional testers as well as the temporary outsourcing of a set block of tests. As negotiations are ongoing on the package and the tender price for outsourcing the driving tests is commercially sensitive information, I am not in a position at this point to give a definitive reply on the costs of each element of the package. Upon conclusion of these negotiations, I will do so.