The RSA has confirmed that it would take 20 weeks to clear the driving test backlog that has built up due to Covid.  In a briefing note to the Oireachtas, it was also revealed that another 80,000 people are waiting on a driver theory test. For more on this we were joined by Emer Higgins  Fine Gael TD.

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