253. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the action his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments at a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57808/25]
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280. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for his Department and the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learner drivers can continually renew their learner permits without ever having to sit a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58145/25]
281. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when he plans to introduce regulations requiring learner permit holders to sit a driving test to obtain a third learner permit; the reasons for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58146/25]
282. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the implementation plans from the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learner drivers are allowed to renew their permits without ever sitting the driving test; if he has placed a timeline on the Road Safety Authority to provide him with its plan; if the Road Safety Authority has updated its ICT system to facilitate this cha…
283. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner drivers who failed to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment, by county, each month to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58148/25]
293. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers on the waiting list for a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58264/25]
294. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the waiting list times for a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58265/25]
314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders that must be contacted by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to inform them of the incoming regulations requiring them to sit the driving test to obtain a third permit; the date when the RSA is due to begin this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58610/25]
338. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the steps included in the implementation plan to close the learner permit loophole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58921/25]
365. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of no shows for scheduled driving test appointment, by month, from January to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59069/25]
366. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the reason the action from the RSA 2013 Road Safety Strategy (2013-2020) to ‘reduce long term reliance on multiple learner permits by introducing measures to ensure learner permit holders sit a driving test before they can obtain a subsequent learner permit’ was not delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59070/25]
367. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for a driving test as published on the website on 29 August 2025; the average waiting time as on 4 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59071/25]
374. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for learner drivers who are on the driving test waiting list to sit their test in the English language, by county, and in tabular form. [59131/25]
375. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for learner drivers who are on the driving test waiting list to sit their test in the Irish language, by county, and in tabular form. [59132/25]
388. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [59267/25]
389. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the date by which the new driving test centre in South Dublin will be open; the centres specific location; and the number of permanent testers that will be based in the centre. [59268/25]
431. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times for driving tests in each test centre in County Meath; the number of applicants currently waiting beyond ten to twelve weeks in each test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60084/25]
276. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times for driving tests in each centre in County Wexford; and the number of applicants currently waiting beyond ten to 12 weeks in each test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57209/25]
175. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the waiting list for driving test applications; the number of driving testers; the waiting list for HGV tests; the number of driving tests taken; the number of HGV driving tests taken in 2020 to 2025, by month in the past 24 months, by test centre, and by county, in tabular form. [56078/25]
242. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the status of a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54650/25]
265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the pass and fail rate for driving tests, respectively in Nenagh test centre in each month from January 2023 to September 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [54877/25]
271. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting time for a driving test at the Mallow test centre, County Cork; the number of applicants currently on the waiting list for that centre; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54937/25]
114. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to introduce cash as a payment method in NDLS centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54265/25]
126. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the ongoing issues with the Road Safety Authority’s driving test estimated waiting times; if he will explain why the estimated waiting times on the RSA portal are repeatedly extended rather than reflecting realistic timelines; his views on the impact this inaccuracy has on young people whose career or apprenticeship opportunities require …
128. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants waiting on a driving test and the number of driving testers in Carlow and Kilkenny. [54473/25]