Department chief 'disappointed' at driver theory test tech issues 

The new online theory test requires a user to log onto the internet portal using a PC operating Windows 8.1 or greater and with a minimum screen resolution and broadband connection of at least 5mb per second.

The head of the Department of Transport was “disappointed” to hear that a new online version of the driver theory test would deny access to users of older computers.

“I will raise this with the chief executive [of the Road Safety Authority] tomorrow,” Ken Spratt, the secretary general of the department, told the Public Accounts Committee.