David Stanton
Ceist:449 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the number awaiting driving tests in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22244/03]
Written Answers. - Driving Tests.
The number of persons awaiting a driving test in the driving test centres in County Cork on the 29 September 2003 is set out in the following table.
Number of persons awaiting a driving test in County Cork driving test centres on 29 September, 2003
|
Test Centre |
ApplicationsOn Hand |
Cork
7455
Mallow
2181
Skibbereen
2060
David Stanton
Ceist:450 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the number of testers and supervisors respectively employed at each centre for driving tests, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22245/03]
The following table sets out the test centres within the regions, the number of supervisors for the region and the number of testers assigned to headquarter centres within each region.
|
Driving Test Centres |
Number of testers located in centre |
|
Nth. Leinster Region |
No. of Supervisors = 2 |
|
Finglas |
17 |
|
Raheny |
10 |
|
Dundalk |
|
|
Mullingar |
|
|
Navan |
1 |
|
Sth. Leinster Region |
No. of Supervisors = 2 |
|
Churchtown |
5 |
|
Rathgar |
10 |
|
Tallaght |
10 |
|
Gorey |
|
|
Naas |
2 |
|
Tullamore |
|
|
Wicklow |
|
|
West Region |
No. of Supervisors = 1 |
|
Athlone |
2 |
|
Birr |
|
|
Castlebar |
2.5 |
|
Clifden |
|
|
Ennis |
2 |
|
Galway |
6 |
|
Loughrea |
2 |
|
Roscommon |
|
|
Tuam |
|
|
Nth. West Region |
No. of Supervisors = 1 |
|
Ballina |
|
|
Buncrana |
|
|
Ck-on-Shannon |
1 |
|
Cavan |
2 |
|
Donegal |
|
|
Letterkenny |
3 |
|
Longford |
|
|
Monaghan |
1 |
|
Sligo |
3 |
|
Sth. East Region |
No. of Supervisors = 1 |
|
Carlow |
2 |
|
Clonmel |
2 |
|
Dungarvan |
|
|
Kilkenny |
3 |
|
Nenagh |
|
|
Portlaoise |
|
|
Thurles |
|
|
Tipperary |
|
|
Waterford |
3 |
|
Wexford |
3 |
|
Sth. West Region |
No. of Supervisors = 2 |
|
Cork |
12.5 |
|
Killarney |
1 |
|
Kilrush |
|
|
Limerick |
4 |
|
Mallow |
|
|
Newcastle West |
|
|
Shannon |
|
|
Skibereen |
|
|
Tralee |
2 |
In addition to the above table one supervisor works full time as a training and standards co-ordinator. There is also one chief tester based in Ballina.
Seven retired driver testers commenced training on Monday, 6 October 2003 and will be assigned to test centres on completion of their training.
Question No. 451 answered with Question No. 438.