Written answers
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Department of Defence
Driver Test
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait times and the number of people on waiting lists for driving tests in each testing centre in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/25]
Mark Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the average wait time for a driving test across County Kildare test centres for the past five years; the pass rate across County Kildare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/25]
Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 376 together.
Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service, including application and scheduling matters. As such, the information requested in relation to driver testing waiting times and pass rates in Kildare is held by the Authority.
I have therefore referred the Deputies questions to the RSA for direct, detailed reply. I would ask the Deputies to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.
The Deputies may wish to note that the RSA publish detailed monthly information on the driver testing service on the CSO website, including the breakdown of waiting times and distribution of testing capacity by test centre. This information is available at the following link: data.cso.ie/product/RSADTS.
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait times at driving test centres in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18767/25]
Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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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 and the information requested is held by them. I have referred the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct, detailed reply and I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.
The Deputy may wish to note that the RSA publish detailed monthly information on the driver testing service on the CSO website, including the breakdown of waiting times and distribution of testing capacity by test centre. This information is available at the following link: data.cso.ie/product/RSADTS.
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