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Driving Tests.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2005

Tuesday, 1 March 2005

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Breeda Moynihan-Cronin

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin

Question:

253 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test at each of the country’s test centres at 1 February 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; the national average waiting time on each of these dates; and the number of testers based at each of the centres on each of these dates. [6614/05]

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Written answers

Martin Cullen

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

The following table sets out the data available for the information requested. The data in relation to waiting times for the years 2000 and 2001 is an average of longest waiting times while the data for 2002 onwards is an average of the average waiting times at all test centres. Driver testers are assigned to headquarter centres within each region. Driver testers are in turn assigned from headquarter centres to meet the demand in other test centres.

Table 1 Numbers awaiting a Driving Test

Centre

31/1/00

29/1/01

28/1/02

3/2/03

2/2/04

7/2/05

North Leinster

Finglas/Raheny*

13,544

10,120

3,981

7,416

8,208

9,037

Dundalk

1,913

1,452

1,300

2,401

2,940

3,000

Mullingar

945

868

673

1,457

1,648

1,626

Navan

2,341

1,678

1,582

3,518

4,505

4,456

Raheny

*

*

2,036

5,690

7,162

7,601

South Leinster

Churchtown/Rathgar/Tallaght

12,930

9,679

4,404

9,037

11,426

11,600

Gorey

1,161

692

451

1,652

1,943

2,047

Naas

3,709

2,345

1,990

5,074

6,544

5,540

Tullamore

963

742

529

1,411

1,514

1,965

Wicklow

1,516

1,035

918

2,122

2,442

2,313

Tallaght*

*

*

3,017

7,249

8,718

8,511

West

Athlone

759

775

33

953

759

1,295

Birr

697

709

466

926

943

1,145

Castlebar

1,859

1,745

1,290

1,814

2,319

2,059

Clifden

240

256

193

312

321

348

Ennis

948

852

468

740

762

1,123

Galway

2,585

2,346

1,692

2,085

2,716

2,811

Loughrea

866

898

557

917

805

867

Roscommon

956

900

607

974

938

892

Tuam

827

757

600

1,004

1,116

1,016

North West

Ballina

816

682

653

1,058

1,102

1,029

Buncrana

374

383

408

407

504

665

Carrick-on-Shannon

873

937

582

924

1,183

1,045

Cavan

1,257

1,108

1,016

1,583

1,956

1,660

Donegal

785

853

753

775

1,012

1,026

Letterkenny

1,628

1,459

681

1,061

1,824

2,109

Longford

871

739

692

888

1,004

940

Monaghan

914

807

555

982

1,328

1,364

Sligo

1,226

1,334

977

1,014

1,323

1,275

South East

Carlow

1,339

1,167

800

1,941

2,588

2,489

Clonmel

1,131

956

485

1,587

2,012

1,936

Dungarvan

947

807

582

1,266

1,744

1,567

Kilkenny

1,599

1,189

1,032

2,046

2,552

2,187

Nenagh

441

431

308

608

721

810

Portlaoise

983

782

664

1,406

1,537

1,629

Thurles

647

559

399

925

1,299

1,188

Tipperary

616

489

370

957

1,133

1,032

Waterford

1,824

1,500

1,392

2,823

3,533

2,835

Wexford

1,889

1,374

1,076

2,054

2,417

2,419

South West

Cork

7,720

6,452

2,830

6,248

6,848

6,245

Killarney

1,659

1,268

731

1,649

1,924

2,105

Kilrush

420

372

280

433

483

448

Limerick

3,285

2,610

1,570

2,822

3,786

3,797

Mallow

1,756

1,471

730

1,820

1,907

2,011

Newcastle West

1,500

1,188

548

1,500

1,608

1,700

Shannon

726

671

521

781

1,027

893

Skibbereen

1,698

1,451

698

1,471

1,854

1,923

Tralee

1,755

1,236

832

1,653

1,998

1,712

Average Weeks-Nationally

27.8

21.8

15.3

10.9

34

29.9

*Combined count centre until 2002.

Table 2. Testers Headquartered at Test Centres

Driving Test Centres

31/1/00

29/1/01

28/1/02

3/2/03

2/2/04

7/2/05

North Leinster Region

Finglas

17

18

17

17

16

17

Raheny

6

10

10

10

10

9

Dundalk

—

Mullingar

—

Navan

1

1

1

1

1

1

South Leinster Region

Churchtown/Rathgar

17

16

11

15

16

15

Tallaght

5

7

9

10

10

11

Gorey

—

Naas

2

2

1

2

2

2

Tullamore

—

Wicklow

1

—

West Region

Athlone

2

2

2

2

3

2

Birr

—

Castlebar

1.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

3.5

3.5

Clifden

—

Ennis

2

2

2

2

3

3

Galway

3

4

5

6

6

6

Loughrea

1

1

2

2

2

2

Roscommon

—

Tuam

—

North West Region

Ballina

1

—

Buncrana

—

Carrick-on-Shannon

2

0

1

1

1

1

Cavan

1

1

2

2

2

2

Donegal

—

Letterkenny

2

3

3

3

3

3

Longford

—

Monaghan

2

2

1

1

1

1

Sligo

2

3

4

3

3

3

South East Region

Carlow

1

1

1

1

1

1

Clonmel

1

2

2

2

2

2

Dungarvan

—

Kilkenny

3

3

3

3

3

2

Nenagh

—

Portlaoise

1

1

1

1

1

1

Thurles

—

Tipperary

—

Waterford

2

3

3

3

4

3

Wexford

4

4

4

4

4

4

South West Region

Cork

7.5

11.5

13.5

13.5

13.5

13.5

Killarney

2

2

1

1

1

1

Kilrush

—

Limerick

6

6

7

5

5

4

Mallow

—

Newcastle West

—

Shannon

—

Skibbereen

—

Tralee

2

2

2

2

2

3
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