Tom Enright
Question:326 Mr. Enright asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of driver testers as at 1 March for each of the years from 1996 to 2000. [8968/00]
Written Answers. - Driver Testers.
The number of driver testers in my Department in the years 1996 to 2000 is set out in the following table:
|
Date |
Number of driver testers |
|
1 March 1996 |
71 |
|
1 March 1997 |
69 |
|
1 March 1998 |
67 |
|
1 March 1999 |
82 |
|
1 March 2000 |
101 |
Tom Enright
Question:327 Mr. Enright asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he intends to appoint temporary and permanent driver testers. [8969/00]
During the course of the past 18 months, I have appointed 12 and 25 additional permanent and temporary driver testers, respectively. This increased the number of testers by over 50%. A range of measures to further increase testing capacity are at present under examination.