Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the new regulations for drivers on learner permits for longer than four years and who will have to take a driving test before they can renew their permit, if there will be a cost for this test; and if so, the amount. [61863/25]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that the cost of a driving test for the relevant licence categories (car/light commercial, motorcycle, tractor) is currently €85.00 for all learners, including those who have multiple learner permits.

A learner permit is not a licence to drive. It allows someone to learn to drive on a public road, in order to attain the necessary skills to become a qualified driver. These regulations are an important development in advancing road safety and will fulfil one of the key actions of Phase 2 of the Road Safety Strategy Action Plan – to end the practice whereby learner drivers can hold multiple successive learner permits without ever taking a driving test or attaining a driving licence.

The driving test fees for each licence category are provided on the Road Safety Authority’s website, under ‘Useful Information" at www.rsa.ie/services/learner-drivers/the-driving-test/what-it-is.