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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 27 Sep 1995

Vol. 456 No. 1

Written Answers. - Driving Test Failure Rates.

Austin Deasy

Question:

130 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment the failure rate at the various driving test centres throughout the country over the last three years in relation to private cars; and the failure rate in relation to goods vehicles. [13559/95]

The following tabular statements provide the information requested for 1993 and 1994. The information is not available in the format requested for 1992.

Failure Rate for Driving Tests — 1994

Centre

Cars % Fail

Goods Vehicles % Fail

Athlone

36.8

34.9

Ballina

41.5

25.0

Birr

41.7

21.7

Buncrana

39.3

33.3

Carlow

50.3

30.0

Carrick-on-Shannon

39.2

11.9

Castlebar

43.1

37.9

Cavan

46.3

23.3

Churchtown/Rathgar

48.4

41.1

Clifden

50.9

Clonmel

51.2

33.3

Cork

42.2

33.3

Donegal

46.7

0.0

Dundalk

54.3

30.5

Dungarvan

49.2

57.1

Ennis

41.6

35.3

Finglas

53.7

42.2

Galway

44.5

41.5

Gorey

49.7

50.0

Kilkenny

48.3

40.7

Killarney

41.3

18.1

Kilrush

46.1

50.0

Letterkenny

44.4

29.2

Limerick

43.3

34.3

Longford

44.2

12.5

Loughrea

38.7

18.0

Mallow

46.6

20.5

Monaghan

45.0

23.8

Mullingar

46.6

40.3

Naas

48.1

16.8

Navan

51.6

39.2

Nenagh

45.0

27.3

Newcastlewest

49.4

42.9

Portlaoise

51.2

38.1

Roscommon

45.0

35.7

Shannon

37.9

27.3

Skibbereen

38.7

12.5

Sligo

44.1

30.1

Thurles

45.9

50.0

Tipperary

55.8

40.0

Tralee

47.6

29.5

Tuam

44.1

0.0

Tullamore

46.3

34.6

Waterford

49.0

51.4

Wexford

48.0

23.9

Wicklow

53.1

24.4

Notes:
(1) Goods vehicle tests are not conducted in Clifden.
(2) In the case of Donegal and Tuam only 3 and 4 goods vehicle tests were conducted, respectively. All of these were passes.
(3) As only a small numbers of goods vehicle tests are conducted in some centres, the failure rates may differ significantly.
Failure Rate for Driving Tests — 1993

Centre

Cars % Fail

Goods Vehicles % Fail

Athlone

40.9

38.5

Ballina

43.5

25.5

Birr

44.6

34.4

Buncrana

39.7

0.0

Carlow

49.6

33.3

Carrick-on-Shannon

40.1

17.6

Castlebar

42.7

31.4

Cavan

45.7

30.7

Churchtown/Rathgar

50.4

35.9

Clifden

49.9

0.0

Clonmel

51.3

38.6

Cork

41.2

23.0

Donegal

46.6

14.3

Dundalk

50.9

24.6

Dungarvan

48.9

66.7

Ennis

43.3

38.9

Finglas

50.7

36.0

Galway

44.7

40.3

Gorey

54.1

28.9

Kilkenny

49.1

35.1

Killarney

43.1

32.4

Kilrush

47.1

100.0

Letterkenny

42.0

30.9

Limerick

46.6

40.9

Longford

43.8

6.9

Loughrea

41.0

21.3

Mallow

42.8

23.5

Monaghan

43.4

25.8

Mullingar

44.2

45.1

Naas

50.4

24.0

Navan

50.2

40.8

Nenagh

44.8

55.6

Newcastlewest

44.5

38.9

Portlaoise

47.8

57.1

Roscommon

46.2

17.5

Shannon

40.2

31.3

Skibbereen

36.7

11.1

Sligo

41.3

29.0

Thurles

48.1

21.4

Tipperary

48.5

33.3

Tralee

46.1

32.6

Tuam

44.3

0.0

Tullamore

49.2

33.5

Waterford

47.0

53.3

Wexford

47.9

40.4

Wicklow

52.7

11.9

Notes:
(1) Goods vehicle tests are not conducted in Clifden.
(2) In the case of Buncrana and Tuam only 1 and 2 goods vehicle tests were conducted, respectively. All of these were passes.
(3) As only a small numbers of goods vehicle tests are conducted in some centres, the failure rates may differ significantly.
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