Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can avail of an emergency driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58340/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Road Safety Authority cannot facilitate requests for earlier driving test appointments for individuals, under any circumstances.

The RSA operates a fair and transparent appointment scheduling process, and it is only fair that those who are eligible and have been waiting the longest would be offered a test first.

If an applicant is employed by the HSE, a private hospital or the emergency services and needs to drive as part of their job (not commuting to and from the job), then the RSA may prioritise the application.