Labour Leader, Alan Kelly, has called on the Government to allocate funds to recruit more driving testers in order to clear the massive backlog of people waiting for a driving test, which now exists. This comes as figures released by Parliamentary Questions to Deputy Kelly reveal that 64,467 people are currently waiting to sit their test.
Deputy Kelly said “delayed testing has many implications, including higher insurance prices and extra pressure on families to accompany learner drivers […] the Government should make every effort possible now to help clear the backlog by hiring more testers as it is not feasible to expect people to wait up to a year to do their driving test”.
