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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 15 Jun 1999

Vol. 506 No. 2

Written Answers. - Driving Tests.

Jim Higgins

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297 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the length of time a person had to wait for a driving test in County Mayo for each of the years 1997 and 1998 and for the latest available date in 1999; and the number of testers employed. [14981/99]

Waiting times for individual driving test applicants vary as applicants are given early appointments for urgent reasons such as employment or travel purposes. Average waiting times have not been compiled for individual test centres or counties due to limitations in the IT systems involved. The national average waiting time for a test is some 31 weeks, with 30 per cent of applicants being tested within 15 weeks. The longest waiting time for driving tests in County Mayo is about 39 weeks.

Driver testers are assigned to regions and not individual centres or counties. There are 19 testers assigned to the west and north-west regions, both of which service parts of County Mayo.

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