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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 10 Jul 1990

Vol. 401 No. 4

Written Answers. - Driving Tests.

Mervyn Taylor

Ceist:

62 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for the Environment if he will make a statement regarding the operation of the arrangements for driving tests indicating (1) the waiting lists at each centre (2) the approximate delay in having a driving test arranged at each centre (3) the number of officials employed to conduct the tests and the comparable number of officials for each of the last five years for which figures are available (4) whether any new appointments to these positions were approved by the Civil Service Commissioners; and if so, on what date; if he will authorise that these appointments be taken up; and whether his attention has been drawn to the low level of morale in the service.

Information requested by the Deputy at (1), (2) and (3) is in the form of a tabular statement. I will have this circulated in the Official Report.

A competition held by the Civil Service Commission has been completed and a panel has been formed. I advised the Commission on 5 July 1990 that I am prepared to appoint 19 testers from the panel and I am satisfied that these appointments will result in significant improvement in the service.

Following is the statement:

Centre

No. on waiting lists

Waiting period (weeks)

North West Region

Ballina

819

58

Buncrana

265

33

Carrick

466

16

Cavan

1,152

51

Donegal

643

25

Letterkenny

1,385

57

Longford

589

39

Monaghan

897

50

Sligo

1,081

55

South East Region

Carlow

902

40

Clonmel

775

33

Dungarvan

933

53

Kilkenny

1,021

24

Nenagh

359

24

Portlaoise

797

27

Thurles

430

26

Tipperary

515

39

Waterford

1,439

29

Wexford

1,422

25

West Region

Athlone

370

12

Birr

383

24

Castlebar

1,122

44

Clifden

163

30

Ennis

785

40

Galway

1,817

55

Loughrea

624

21

Roscommon

558

33

Tuam

393

20

South West Region

Cork

4,124

33

Killarney

889

24

Kilrush

321

38

Limerick

1,636

16

Mallow

1,121

31

Newcastle West

1,721

33

Shannon

250

17

Skibbereen

1,169

37

Tralee

1,278

34

North Leinster Region

Ballymun

5,247

28

Dundalk

1,804

26

Mullingar

521

17

Navan

1,145

19

Parkgate

1,990

23

South Leinster Region

Churchtown

8,923

52

Gorey

672

23

Naas

2,179

27

Tullamore

610

19

Wicklow

799

17

Overall Total 58,567.
39 (Average Waiting Period Nationally).
The current number of driver testers employed is 44 plus six supervisory testers. The figures for the previous four years were:

1986

1987

1988

1989

51+6

51+6

53+6

44+6

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