John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for a driving test at the Mallow test centre, County Cork; the number of applicants currently on the waiting list for that centre; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54937/25]

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, this includes all testing and scheduling matters. Accordingly, the information relating to Mallow Driving Test Centre is held by the RSA.

Given the RSA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct, detailed response. Please contact my office if a reply is not received within ten days.

Pending this response, the Deputy will be aware that reducing overall driving test wait times has been one of my key priorities since taking office.

I am informed by the RSA that the national average wait time for a Category B test is now 10 weeks. This marks a significant improvement on the 27-week national average wait time reported at the end of April and marks a return to the 10-week service level agreement (SLA).

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: .