Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2004
393 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport if an early repeat driving test appointment can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20128/04]
View answerThe person's application has been placed on the cancellation list for the Naas driving test centre.
394 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving test instructors serving the Naas area; if this has increased or decreased in line with population and driving test applications for the area in the past three years; if provision will be made to increase this number in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20129/04]
View answerDriving test applicants for the Naas test centre are served by testers whose headquarters is the Naas driving test centre and by driver testers based in other centres in the south Leinster region who rotate through all the test centres in the region, including Naas. Details are set out in the following table. With regard to the backlog of candidates awaiting a driving test, I have asked my officials to examine options and to formulate proposals to reduce the number of driving test applicants on the waiting list.
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17 July 2001 |
5 July 2004 |
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Number of testers |
No. of candidates waiting a driving test |
Number of testers |
Number of candidates awaiting a driving test |
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Naas |
2 |
2,381 |
2 |
6,569 |
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South Leinster region, including Naas |
27* |
14,403 |
26 |
32,618 |
* 1 person worked on a two-day week basis in 2001
