Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2005
403 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting driving tests at both the Tralee and Killarney test centres on 1 January 2002, 1 January 2003, 1 January 2004, 1 January 2005 and the most recent date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30020/05]
View answerThe information requested is set out in the following table.
|
Date |
Number awaiting test |
|
|
Tralee |
Killarney |
|
|
17 October 2005 |
1,614 |
1,941 |
|
January 2005 |
1,685 |
2,092 |
|
January 2004 |
2,007 |
1,925 |
|
January 2003 |
982 |
1,017 |
|
January 2002 |
921 |
812 |
404 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the number of supervisors or driver testers; the location of each; the number of tests supervised by each of these drivers in each year since 2002; the failure rate in each of the driving test centres each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30028/05]
View answerThere are currently 115 driver testers, ten supervisors, of whom one is engaged full-time as training co-ordinator, and one chief tester employed in my Department. Driver testers are not employed at all driving test centres but are assigned to headquarter centres within a region. Other test centres within the region are served from the headquarter centres. The following table shows where driver testers are headquartered and the centres they service.
The numbers of tests directly supervised by supervisory driver testers were 740 in 2002, 876 in 2003 and 819 in 2004. The second table shows the failure rate at each test centre since 2002.
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Driving Test Centres |
Number of Testers |
Supervisor |
|
North Leinster Region |
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|
Finglas |
17 |
1 |
|
Raheny |
8 |
1 |
|
Dundalk |
— |
— |
|
Mullingar |
— |
— |
|
Navan |
1 |
— |
|
South Leinster Region |
||
|
Churchtown |
7 |
1 |
|
Rathgar |
9 |
— |
|
Tallaght |
9 |
— |
|
Gorey |
— |
— |
|
Naas |
2 |
1 |
|
Tullamore |
— |
— |
|
Wicklow |
— |
— |
|
West Region |
||
|
Athlone |
2 |
— |
|
Birr |
— |
— |
|
Castlebar |
4 |
— |
|
Clifden |
— |
— |
|
Ennis |
3 |
1 |
|
Galway |
6 |
— |
|
Loughrea |
2 |
— |
|
Roscommon |
— |
— |
|
Tuam |
— |
— |
|
North West Region |
||
|
Ballina |
— |
— |
|
Buncrana |
— |
— |
|
Carrick-on-Shannon |
2 |
1 |
|
Cavan |
2 |
— |
|
Donegal |
— |
— |
|
Letterkenny |
3 |
— |
|
Longford |
— |
— |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
— |
|
Sligo |
2 |
— |
|
South East Region |
||
|
Carlow |
1 |
1 |
|
Clonmel |
2 |
— |
|
Dungarvan |
— |
— |
|
Kilkenny |
2 |
— |
|
Nenagh |
— |
— |
|
Portlaoise |
1 |
— |
|
Thurles |
— |
— |
|
Tipperary |
— |
— |
|
Waterford |
4 |
— |
|
Wexford |
4 |
— |
|
South West Region |
||
|
Cork |
13 |
1 |
|
Killarney |
2 |
— |
|
Kilrush |
— |
— |
|
Limerick |
4 |
1 |
|
Mallow |
— |
— |
|
Newcastle West |
— |
— |
|
Shannon |
— |
— |
|
Skibbereen |
— |
— |
|
Tralee |
2 |
— |
|
Pass or Fail Rate by Centre |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Centre |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
|
% Pass |
% Pass |
% Pass |
|
|
Athlone |
59.5 |
57.0 |
53.9 |
|
Ballina |
62.4 |
61.2 |
58.1 |
|
Birr |
64.7 |
65.1 |
62.3 |
|
Buncrana |
63.5 |
65.6 |
63.2 |
|
Carlow |
50.0 |
49.2 |
47.6 |
|
Carrick-on-Shannon |
55.5 |
54.4 |
51.2 |
|
Castlebar |
63.0 |
62.1 |
58.3 |
|
Cavan |
48.3 |
50.2 |
47.3 |
|
Churchtown |
47.5 |
48.3 |
50.0 |
|
Clifden |
59.3 |
56.0 |
52.2 |
|
Clonmel |
51.5 |
51.3 |
57.0 |
|
Cork |
55.5 |
55.5 |
59.2 |
|
Donegal |
56.7 |
57.1 |
61.3 |
|
Dundalk |
53.0 |
51.6 |
49.1 |
|
Dungarvan |
60.8 |
57.3 |
54.6 |
|
Ennis |
62.7 |
65.5 |
59.6 |
|
Finglas |
47.8 |
48.8 |
49.0 |
|
Galway |
61.8 |
61.2 |
55.2 |
|
Gorey |
48.6 |
52.6 |
51.6 |
|
Kilkenny |
55.1 |
55.4 |
52.7 |
|
Killarney |
59.2 |
60.0 |
62.2 |
|
Kilrush |
61.4 |
62.3 |
59.6 |
|
Letterkenny |
56.8 |
60.4 |
62.0 |
|
Limerick |
61.9 |
60.7 |
61.7 |
|
Longford |
52.7 |
55.9 |
56.2 |
|
Loughrea |
61.4 |
58.5 |
51.3 |
|
Mallow |
56.9 |
57.8 |
61.5 |
|
Monaghan |
47.7 |
50.8 |
51.7 |
|
Mullingar |
55.8 |
57.0 |
55.8 |
|
Naas |
51.9 |
53.6 |
53.9 |
|
Navan |
56.1 |
54.4 |
53.2 |
|
Nenagh |
53.3 |
49.8 |
49.8 |
|
Newcastle West |
60.4 |
60.5 |
64.4 |
|
Portlaoise |
53.3 |
50.0 |
51.4 |
|
Raheny |
52.4 |
49.7 |
50.4 |
|
Rathgar |
41.3 |
48.1 |
50.7 |
|
Roscommon |
62.0 |
60.0 |
55.8 |
|
Shannon |
64.4 |
66.4 |
65.0 |
|
Skibbereen |
61.6 |
59.5 |
60.0 |
|
Sligo |
63.2 |
63.5 |
62.0 |
|
Tallaght |
48.3 |
50.9 |
49.8 |
|
Thurles |
53.6 |
56.3 |
52.6 |
|
Tipperary |
48.9 |
47.9 |
50.8 |
|
Tralee |
57.0 |
59.7 |
56.8 |
|
Tuam |
64.4 |
64.2 |
55.5 |
|
Tullamore |
49.4 |
54.2 |
56.6 |
|
Waterford |
55.7 |
55.6 |
54.3 |
|
Wexford |
53.7 |
51.5 |
51.9 |
|
Wicklow |
44.7 |
47.3 |
49.0 |
|
Overall Total |
54.0 |
54.5 |
54.3 |
405 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Transport if an application for a driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be expedited; if he is aware this person applied on 1 August 2005 at the Roscommon centre; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the applicant needs a driving test for employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30029/05]
View answerA driving test will be arranged in due course for the person concerned. My Department did not receive any request for an early test, or documentary evidence to support such a request.
406 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Transport if an application for a driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be expedited; if he is aware this person applied in May 2005 at the Roscommon centre; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the applicant needs a driving test for employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30030/05]
View answerA driving test will be arranged in due course for the person concerned. My Department did not receive any request for an early test, or documentary evidence to support such a request.
407 Mr. Nolan asked the Minister for Transport when the new contracted driving testers will take up their positions in view of the large waiting lists for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30073/05]
View answerThe competition in question is being managed by the Public Appointments Service, to which I refer the Deputy for more detail. My Department has been informed by the PAS that it hopes to schedule the first stage of the recruitment process, a written practical exam, in mid-December. The PAS has further indicated it hopes to offer successful candidates offers of appointment, on completion of all the stages of recruitment, in early April 2006.
