Learner drivers face wait until summer 2024 to sit test
The RSA said that the “estimated week of invitation” to sit the test at the centre in Wilton in Cork is the week starting March 18, 2024, while tests at the other Cork centres in Skibbereen and Mallow are available in January.
Progress won’t be made in reducing the backlog for driving tests until October at the earliest, with some applicants now having to wait until next summer to sit their test.
The backlog means learner drivers are being left in limbo until 2024 before they can receive an invitation to book their test. The delay is being blamed on the time it takes for the Road Safety Authority to hire new driving testers after it requested the Department of Transport to sanction further recruitment in March.
