Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the correspondence regarding the unacceptable waiting times for driving tests, which are currently at an all-time high (details supplied); when he intends to issue a response to the correspondence received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45725/23]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service. Employee/employer relations between the RSA and driver testers are therefore an issue for the RSA in the first instance. Neither I, nor my officials, are party to RSA recruitment and employee contractual matters.

The letter referred to was received by my Department on 9 October, I intend to respond shortly.