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Dáil Éireann - Volume 481 - 21 October, 1997

Written Answers. - Driving Tests.

Mr. McGrath Mr. McGrath

210. Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the waiting time for driver testing for passenger cars and commercial vehicles for each of the test centres in County Westmeath. [17138/97]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy) Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy)

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy): The waiting period for driving tests in buses and trucks in Athlone and Mullingar is at present six to eight weeks. For other categories of tests, the waiting periods are up to 19 weeks and 25 weeks respectively for Athlone and Mullingar. However, applicants in need of an early test for urgent reasons, such as employment, are normally accommodated within six-ten weeks.

In an effort to help reduce waiting times, Saturday testing is currently being conducted. In addition, a package of productivity measures is being negotiated which will also provide for the engagement of a number of testers on short-term contract.

Mr. McGrath Mr. McGrath

211. Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the success rate for persons taking driver tests in each test centre in Westmeath for each of the last four years; and if he will compare these figures with those from each other test centre in the country for the same period. [17140/97]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy) Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy)

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy): The percentage pass rates for driving tests in each of the driving test centres for the four years 1993 to 1996 are set out in the following table:

Test Centre	1993	1994	1995	1996
Athlone	59.9	64.4	56.1	55.2
Mullingar	55.7	54.1	55.4	57.7
Ballina	57.7	59.9	61.3	62.6
Birr	55.5	58.8	55.5	55.3
Buncrana	60.5	60.7	58.4	65.0
Carlow	50.5	49.7	50.3	52.3
Carrick-on-Shannon	61.2	62.5	59.9	62.4
Castlebar	58.0	57.4	60.9	61.9
Cavan	55.1	55.2	54.5	59.4
Churchtown/Rathgar	50.4	52.0	54.5	51.0
Clifden	50.1	49.1	49.7	56.8
Clonmel	49.0	49.0	52.4	53.4
Cork	59.8	58.7	59.2	62.7
Donegal	54.0	53.8	52.5	1445 [1445]55.4
Dundalk	51.5	48.5	48.5	54.0
Dungarvan	51.1	51.0	50.8	50.8
Ennis	56.8	59.0	57.9	59.2
Finglas	50.9	47.9	51.5	53.6
Galway	56.4	56.2	55.5	55.3
Gorey	46.8	50.7	51.7	51.2
Kilkenny	53.7	53.1	56.1	53.7
Killarney	57.7	60.1	54.2	58.4
Kilrush	53.0	54.0	54.9	60.5
Letterkenny	59.2	56.5	58.4	60.7
Limerick	54.5	58.2	57.4	62.5
Longford	58.0	56.8	55.4	56.7
Loughrea	60.0	62.3	55.7	55.4
Mallow	58.0	54.3	56.6	59.9
Monaghan	57.4	56.3	64.9	65.3
Naas	50.5	52.8	54.7	56.4
Navan	50.4	49.1	52.3	54.5
Nenagh	54.8	55.3	52.1	50.0
Newcastle West	55.9	50.6	55.9	58.7
Portlaoise	51.9	49.3	52.2	50.7
Roscommon	55.0	55.5	54.8	54.4
Shannon	60.6	63.1	64.3	63.6
Skibbereen	64.0	61.9	62.3	68.4
Sligo	61.3	59.1	60.5	63.2
Thurles	52.4	54.0	49.0	53.3
Tipperary	51.3	44.4	45.2	44.4
Tralee	54.8	53.7	51.1	56.2
Tuam	55.9	56.3	59.7	51.7
Tullamore	53.6	56.0	60.4	60.9
Waterford	52.5	50.8	52.5	54.9
Wexford	52.2	53.1	57.0	53.0
Wicklow	48.5	48.7	51.4	49.8

Dáil Éireann 481 Written Answers. Driving Tests.

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