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Backlog to sit driving test soars by 62%
Irish Daily Mirror
|May 01, 2025
HWANTING GAME Young learner driver
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NEW figures from the Road Safety Authority show the country's driving test system is once again under extreme pressure, it is claimed.
The latest numbers for the backlog that has fluctuated in recent years details that the total is now 62% higher than it was six years ago.
There are 145,000 more learner drivers waiting for a test than in 2019.
Back then, the backlog showed 233,025 learners but that total has soared to 378,652 for 2024.
The average waiting time for a driving test has increased in the same period from six weeks to 24 weeks.
Learners who do not show up for their scheduled test account for a significant chunk of the numbers, it has been revealed.
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