Written answers
Wednesday, 25 January 2006
Department of Transport
Driving Tests
8:00 pm
Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 885: To ask the Minister for Transport the figures on the number of drivers with provisional licences; the number of drivers awaiting a driving test nationally; and the waiting times for a driving test at each test centre nationally. [2235/06]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Provisional driving licences issued by licensing authorities are recorded on the national driver file, held and administered by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, which has advised that 404,607 provisional licences were current at 31 December 2005. Information on numbers awaiting driving tests and waiting times is set out in the following table:
| Applications on Hand | Average No. of Weeks Waiting | Longest No. of Weeks Waiting | |
| North Leinster | |||
| Finglas | 11,285 | 36 | 50 |
| Dundalk | 3,598 | 36 | 46 |
| Mullingar | 1,876 | 33 | 45 |
| Navan | 5,042 | 38 | 56 |
| Raheny | 7,738 | 46 | 58 |
| South Leinster | |||
| Churchtown/Rathgar | 11,904 | 24 | 54 |
| Gorey | 2,471 | 47 | 56 |
| Naas | 6,157 | 20 | 53 |
| Tullamore | 2,012 | 36 | 53 |
| Wicklow | 2,872 | 50 | 52 |
| Tallaght | 10,010 | 21 | 57 |
| West | |||
| Athlone | 1,109 | 26 | 26 |
| Birr | 1,343 | 36 | 40 |
| Castlebar | 1,964 | 29 | 38 |
| Clifden | 367 | 23 | 23 |
| Ennis | 1,481 | 32 | 34 |
| Galway | 3,724 | 37 | 47 |
| Loughrea | 1,112 | 31 | 31 |
| Roscommon | 1,065 | 30 | 34 |
| Tuam | 1,195 | 36 | 38 |
| North-West | |||
| Ballina | 1,061 | 28 | 38 |
| Buncrana | 638 | 34 | 37 |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | 927 | 29 | 29 |
| Cavan | 1,685 | 30 | 38 |
| Donegal | 1,118 | 42 | 44 |
| Letterkenny | 2,278 | 24 | 51 |
| Longford | 867 | 28 | 35 |
| Monaghan | 1,145 | 34 | 35 |
| Sligo | 1,842 | 42 | 42 |
| South-East | |||
| Carlow | 2,489 | 27 | 47 |
| Clonmel | 2,021 | 47 | 51 |
| Dungarvan | 1,464 | 45 | 52 |
| Kilkenny | 1,695 | 25 | 32 |
| Nenagh | 742 | 40 | 41 |
| Portlaoise | 1,878 | 17 | 63 |
| Thurles | 1,123 | 44 | 45 |
| Tipperary | 1,100 | 28 | 58 |
| Waterford | 2,720 | 33 | 39 |
| Wexford | 2,246 | 29 | 38 |
| South-West | |||
| Cork | 7,384 | 29 | 38 |
| Killarney | 1,909 | 39 | 42 |
| Kilrush | 497 | 27 | 38 |
| Limerick | 4,574 | 46 | 50 |
| Mallow | 2,242 | 42 | 43 |
| Newcastle West | 1,706 | 34 | 41 |
| Shannon | 1,029 | 45 | 51 |
| Skibbereen | 1,899 | 42 | 44 |
| Tralee | 1,423 | 28 | 32 |
| Overall Total | 130,027 | 33.9 | 43.4 |
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