The plan sets out actions to bring the average waiting time down from 27 weeks to 10 weeks by early September 2025.

Jennifer Whitmore criticised the lack of accountability within the RSA as the driving test backlog reached record highs last month.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) said since the beginning of last year they recorded 85 accidents involving driving tests, 15 near-miss events, and 38 cases involving abuse of staff.

More than 83,000 applicants were waiting for a driving test in April – the highest number recorded since the pandemic.

Learner drivers are being "unfairly hindered" by the RSA’s inability to reduce driving test wait times, a Fine Gael TD has said

Loughrea in Co Galway has been crowned Ireland’s best driving test centre

Last month, The Irish Times reported 68,000 learner drivers were waiting to sit their driving test – with some facing waits of seven-and-a-half months.

Drivers should have to resit a theory test every time their licence is up for renewal, a Labour TD has said.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) said there had been around 170 complaints each month in 2024 but that these made up less than one per cent of the total tests conducted.

The two accused were part of a group of five individuals involved in a scheme to take driver theory tests on behalf of third parties

Throughout last year, there were 46 cases where a person was involved in a crash during their driving test.

The RSA said that in the period since 2021, there had been six cases where there was a “query about the candidate’s identity” and a test did not go ahead as planned.

A Carlow pensioner is being forced to re-sit her driving test or risk being permanently put off the road for what she claims is a NDLS clerical error