Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2006
445 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers currently holding a provisional licence; the number currently waiting for a driving test; the average weekly wait for a driving test; and the average of the longest waiting times at test centres. [27597/06]
View answerThe Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, who hold and administer the National Driver File, has advised that there were 418,981 provisional licences current at 30 June 2006.
Information in relation to the numbers waiting and waiting times for a driving test on 5 July 2006 are set out in the following table. The national average waiting time for a driving test is just under 31 weeks.
|
Centre |
Average Weeks Waiting |
Numbers on Hands |
|
Nth. Leinster |
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|
Finglas |
43 |
12,680 |
|
Dundalk |
35 |
4,135 |
|
Mullingar |
40 |
2,185 |
|
Navan |
43 |
5,740 |
|
Raheny |
43 |
8,464 |
|
Sth. Leinster |
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|
Churchtown/Rathgar |
44 |
13,111 |
|
Gorey |
42 |
2,569 |
|
Naas |
42 |
6,417 |
|
Tullamore |
39 |
2,144 |
|
Wicklow |
41 |
3,000 |
|
Tallaght |
40 |
11,010 |
|
West |
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|
Athlone |
20 |
1,454 |
|
Birr |
34 |
1,546 |
|
Castlebar |
24 |
2,168 |
|
Clifden |
15 |
486 |
|
Ennis |
33 |
1,709 |
|
Galway |
38 |
3,649 |
|
Loughrea |
22 |
1,310 |
|
Roscommon |
20 |
1,164 |
|
Tuam |
20 |
1,203 |
|
Nth. West |
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|
Ballina |
29 |
1,104 |
|
Buncrana |
34 |
822 |
|
Carrick-on-Shannon |
19 |
1,143 |
|
Cavan |
16 |
1,686 |
|
Donegal |
34 |
1,184 |
|
Letterkenny |
27 |
2,373 |
|
Longford |
36 |
1,212 |
|
Monaghan |
13 |
1,208 |
|
Sligo |
26 |
1,934 |
|
Sth. East |
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|
Carlow |
36 |
2,635 |
|
Clonmel |
37 |
2,055 |
|
Dungarvan |
33 |
1,353 |
|
Kilkenny |
23 |
2,410 |
|
Nenagh |
35 |
925 |
|
Portlaoise |
25 |
1,510 |
|
Thurles |
35 |
1,324 |
|
Tipperary |
52 |
1,239 |
|
Waterford |
20 |
3,121 |
|
Wexford |
22 |
2,356 |
|
Sth. West |
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|
Cork |
25 |
7,957 |
|
Killarney |
23 |
1,846 |
|
Kilrush |
25 |
603 |
|
Limerick |
39 |
4,918 |
|
Mallow |
27 |
2,211 |
|
Newcastle West |
25 |
1,901 |
|
Shannon |
32 |
975 |
|
Skibbereen |
13 |
1,632 |
|
Tralee |
18 |
1,739 |
