677. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has brought about an end to the use of online apps that, for a fee, can secure driving test cancellations and skip the waiting list. [1276/26]
Topics / Driver Test
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDriver Test
637 questions from 106 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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634 written, 3 oral
106
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 43 |
| March 2025 | 24 |
| April 2025 | 48 |
| May 2025 | 80 |
| June 2025 | 23 |
| July 2025 | 69 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 29 |
| October 2025 | 15 |
| November 2025 | 48 |
| December 2025 | 14 |
| January 2026 | 44 |
| February 2026 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 24 |
| April 2026 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 37 |
| July 2026 | 24 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 32 |
| October 2026 | 17 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
678. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test applicant can apply to a test centre with a shorter waiting list and, when invited to select a test date, move to a driving test centre with a longer waiting list, therefore jumping the queue. [1277/26]
679. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers employed by the RSA for each month in 2024 and January 2025. [1278/26]
680. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for a first-time car driving test for each month in 2024; and the average waiting time for a car re-test for each month in 2024. [1279/26]
681. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the date on which first-time driving test waiting lists were amalgamated with the retest waiting list. [1280/26]
683. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the timeframe for the payment on this person's RSA compensation claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1283/26]
688. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total number of driver testers employed by the Road Safety Authority and working in test centres to date in 2026, by driving test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1347/26]
702. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of people waiting to sit their driving test at Dungarvan test centre as of December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1490/26]
703. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time to be invited to sit a driving test at Dungarvan test centre as of December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1491/26]
745. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the details in relation to booking a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1864/26]
149. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the driver test waiting times, by test centre; the breakdown of new applications, by test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72919/25]
150. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the number of resit applications for the driver tests in each of the months of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72920/25]
311. 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 driving test centre, by month, from January 2025 to date in December 2025, in tabular form. [72021/25]
182. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current number of driver testers employed in each driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69061/25]
192. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69185/25]
203. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 4 November 2025, the rationale behind a policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69357/25]
232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69729/25]
60. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the plans for any new driving test centres and NCT centres in Dublin; t the planning permission requirements for same; and the consultation that occurs with local communities before a driving test or NCT centre opens in an area. [67308/25]
98. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has directed the Road Safety Authority to publish on a monthly basis; the number of learner drivers who fail to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment; by driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67546/25]
101. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for applicant’s waiting on an Irish language driving test invitation, by county, as of 30 November 2025, in tabular form. [67588/25]
102. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicant’s waiting on an Irish language driving test invitation, by county, as of 30 November 2025, in tabular form. [67589/25]
103. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of English language driving testers, by county, as of 30 November 2025, in tabular form. [67590/25]
104. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of Irish language driving testers, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [67591/25]
105. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of applicants waiting on Irish language driving test invitations, who are waiting longer than applicants waiting for an English language driving test invitation. [67592/25]
232. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the action plan to reduce driving test wait times to ten weeks nationally; the actions his Department has taken to reduce times; the breakdown of waiting test times, per centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66966/25]