Vol. 567 No. 2
223 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Transport the way in which people, who cannot read or write, can be helped when it comes to the driving theory test; if there is an oral theory driving test available; and if the rules of the road can be obtained in video format. [13967/03]
The specification which the contractor operating the theory test is obliged to meet provides for the delivery of a user friendly computerised theory testing system and requires that candidates with special needs be provided for. This includes the provision of reading assistance and voice-over audio, with an extended time slot for the test. The test is based on a question bank, which has been developed, inter alia, in consultation with the Association for Children and Adults with Learning Difficulties and the National Adult Literacy Agency. The question bank is available in book format or as a CD which includes voice over audio. The Rules of the Road, published by my Department, is currently only available in book format.
