Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [59267/25]

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. Neither I nor my officials are involved in the service at an operational level. Given the RSA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct response. Please contact my office if a reply is not 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.

Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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389. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which the new driving test centre in South Dublin will be open; the centres specific location; and the number of permanent testers that will be based in the centre. [59268/25]

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, including the provision of test centres. Neither I nor my officials are involved in the service at an operational level. Given the RSA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct response. Please contact my office if a reply is not received within ten days.

Pending this more detailed response, I am informed by the RSA that a new test centre in Sandyford is in the final stages of preparation for opening. While the site is not yet operational, the assigned testers are already deployed to nearby centres in readiness for its opening ensuring testing volumes continue to be managed effectively.