The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has said today (June 19) that it has made progress under its action plan to reduce the waiting times for driving tests.

It reported that as of June 14, 2025, the average national waiting time for a driving test stands at 18.4 weeks, down from a 27 weeks high at the end of April, 2025.

The action plan was announced at the end of May, and set out a series of actions to bring the average waiting time down to 10 weeks by September 2025.

According to the RSA, a number of key measures are underway to boost testing capacity.

The RSA measures include:

Accelerated training of new testers through the use of additional training facilities, and a revised approach to training, enabling early deployment of new testers to centres.
Expanded testing hours, including overtime on weekday evenings, Saturdays, and bank holidays. Tests are running from 7:25a.m until 7:00p.m.
Targeted manual intervention in the booking system to ensure invitations are issued to areas of greatest demand, to ensure more efficient slot allocation.

The RSA said that in order to "alleviate pressure", it will soon be opening new driving test centres in Drogheda, Co. Louth, and Sandyford, Dublin.

It also said that over recent weeks, waiting times have fallen more quickly than had been originally projected under the action plan.

When the plan was launched, it was estimated that waiting times would be 22 weeks at the end of June, 2025.

The chief operations officer with the RSA, Brendan Walsh said: "These improvements reflect the pace and focus with which the RSA and its teams have been implementing the targeted measures outlined in the action plan.

"We expect the service waiting time to be below 18 weeks at the end of June (2025)," Walsh added.