Driving-centre telephone access
Quinn asked how many centres had direct telephone service; Barrett said nine had phones, with appointments handled through headquarters.
asked the Minister for the Environment the number of driving centres in the country, the number with telephones directly installed and a separate telephone number accredited to the driving centre, and the number obliged to use telephones with the compliments of other organisations in whose name these telephones are registered.
Comment on this
I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together.
The number of driving test centres is 47. Telephones are installed in nine centres. There are no official arrangements for the use of telephones at other centres on the lines mentioned by the Deputy. In this connection, I would remind the Deputy that appointments, cancellations, and so on, are effected through headquarters.
The conduct of driving tests in Killarney is temporarily in abeyance but new accommodation for a test centre has been procured and will shortly be ready for use. Meanwhile, any applicants who urgently desire a driving test can be accommodated at Tralee, if they so wish.