RSA Launches Action Plan to Cut Driving Test Waiting Times In Wicklow

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has today launched a comprehensive action plan aimed at reducing driving test waiting times for Wicklow. 

The Government has tasked the RSA with reducing this to the target of 10 weeks.

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

This urgent response comes amid unprecedented demand for driving tests, with 100,000 waiting to be tested. In Wicklow, 1,058 applicants are awaiting a test.

Key measures now underway to boost testing capacity 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 for weekday evenings, Saturdays, and bank holidays — with tests running from 07:25am to 7pm.
• Targeted manual intervention in the booking system to ensure invitations are issued to areas of greatest demand to ensure more efficient slot allocation.   

Test centres around the country will see an increase in the number of testers assigned to them over the coming months – subject to demand levels.

Wicklow test centre had 1 tester at the beginning of the year, which increased to 2 by May.

The county will have an additional tester by September, bringing the total to 3.