A motion in the Dail heard earlier this week that 72,414 people are now in limbo as they wait on driving test.
That's an increase of over 60 per cent since 2022.
Local TD Cathy Bennet said she was alarmed by the fact that this backlog grew by nearly 10,000 over the last three months. The Cavan Monaghan Sinn Fein TD said that the impact of this failure is very real. Pointing out that more than 1,200 drivers in Cavan and Monaghan are stuck paying expensive insurance policies.
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Deputy Carthy said locals have no choice but to use their cars to get to work or college and to go about their daily lives. Speaking in the Dail the Sinn Fein TD said the government need to act now on this important issue.
