Agreement reached for driving tester panel ahead of new laws

The union which represents the country’s driving testers says it has reached agreement with the Road Safety Authority to establish a panel with up to 100 extra testers to meet a predicted surge in demand.

That surge is expected due to proposed new sanctions on car owners who allow their vehicles to be used by unaccompanied learner drivers.

Fórsa trade union has forecast that when the new measures in the amended Road Traffic Bill are implemented it could increase the average waiting time to as much as 55 weeks for a test unless extra testers are made available.