Frances Fitzgerald
Ceist:286 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of men who applied to be driver testers who were successful in their applications in each of the years from 1995 to 1998. [8012/99]
Written Answers. - Driver Testers.
Frances Fitzgerald
Ceist:287 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of women who applied to be driver testers who were successful in their application in each of the years from 1995 to 1998. [8013/99]
Frances Fitzgerald
Ceist:288 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Finance the number of women and men who have applied to be driver testers in each of the years from 1995 to 1998. [8014/99]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 286, 287 and 288 together.
A driver tester competition was held in 1998. No competition for driver tester was advertised during the previous years covered by the Deputy's questions. The data sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Driver Tester 1998 Competition
|
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
|
Number of Applications Received |
894(84%) |
166(16%) |
1,060 |
|
Number of Applicants who sat Written Examination: |
732(84%) |
138(16%) |
870 |
|
Number of Applicants who passed Written Examination: |
408(87%) |
59(13%) |
467 |
|
*Number of Applicants who passed obligatory Driving Test: |
50(82%) |
11(18%) |
61 |
|
*Number of Applicants who qualified at Interview: |
29(88%) |
4(12%) |
33 |
|
*Number Assigned to Date: |
6(86%) |
1(14%) |
7 |
*As the recruitment process is ongoing the figures under these headings will continue to change and are only indicative of the trend to date.