33. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to carry out a review of the current Certificate of Professional Competence for HGV drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/26]
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
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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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34. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting time for driving tests in County Laois, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15257/26]
35. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to reduce current waiting times for those waiting for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15258/26]
292. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting time for a driving test at the Naas test centre; the steps being taken to reduce delays for applicants in Kildare North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14174/26]
293. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider establishing an additional driving test centre in Kildare North, in light of ongoing demand and waiting times at existing centres serving the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14175/26]
294. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport the action which is being taken to address the lack of wheelchair-accessible and adapted vehicles for learner drivers; the supports which are available to assist wheelchair users in accessing suitable driving lessons; if this issue will be raised to ensure equal access to driving instruction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14295/26]
301. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the lack of an appropriately equipped drive-from-wheelchair vehicle for driving lessons (details supplied); if he will examine the possibility of installing such controls or providing a properly equipped vehicle; his plans to expand the availability of drive-from-wheelchair vehicles nationally in order that learners who require this adaptat…
241. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide the number of learner drivers on the waiting list to sit their test, broken down per driving test centre, from July 2025 to date in 2026; and the average waiting time for each centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/26]
426. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the number of no-shows for driving tests for Category B permits, broken down per test centre, per month, from January 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12578/26]
428. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport to provide a centre-by-centre breakdown of the average driving test waiting list times, a centre-by-centre breakdown of the number of applicants waiting to sit their driving test, a centre-by-centre breakdown of the number of driving testers employed; and a breakdown of the number of testers on part-time versus full-time contracts in each driving test cen…
380. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered a review of driving tester distribution and infrastructure planning to account for the distribution of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/26]
320. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the reduction of driving test waiting times in County Cork as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8024/26]
321. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the reduction of theory test waiting times in County Cork as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8025/26]
322. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the increase on driving testers employed in County Cork as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/26]
323. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for outline the most recent data available on driving test waiting times as of January 2026 in Mallow, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8027/26]
327. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for an update on actions his Department or the RSA are taking in order to reduce the backlog in waiting times for drivers who are booking a re-test as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8031/26]
202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average wait times for driving tests, by licence category, for each test centre, for the past 12 months. [7315/26]
275. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests identified as booked through a third party website; and the number of these tests cancelled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5449/26]
357. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will work with the Department of Education and Youth to encourage making the driver theory test a mandatory part of transition year educational curriculum. [6515/26]
289. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting times for driving tests, broken down by licence category, HGV, bus and other commercial categories, by test centre, for each of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5237/26]
290. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether he will provide a comparison between average waiting times for private car driving tests and for commercial driving tests, including HGV and bus licences; the extent to which these waiting times differ; and the reasons for any disparity. [5238/26]
291. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether driving testers within the RSA have been reassigned from commercial driving tests to private car driving tests in order to reduce overall waiting-time averages; if so, when this practice commenced; and the impact it has had on waiting times for commercial licence applicants. [5239/26]
292. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of commercial driving tests (HGV and bus) conducted by the Road Safety Authority in each month of the past two years; the way in which this compares with private car tests over the same period; and if he will outline the reasons for any significant changes. [5240/26]
293. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether any driving test centres have had periods during which no commercial driving tests were scheduled or conducted; the reasons for this; and the steps being taken to ensure available testing capacity for professional drivers is fully utilised. [5241/26]
294. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether he has assessed the impact of prolonged waiting times for HGV and bus driving tests on labour shortages within the road haulage and public transport sectors; and if so, the findings of that assessment. [5242/26]