County needs additional Driving Inspector and weekend testing for backlogs
Accommodation prices see more students wanting to drive to College, says Councillor Michael Naughton
Cllr Michael Naughton (FF) has asked that the ongoing situation with driving test delays in Donegal be addressed as a matter of urgency.
Speaking at the October meeting of the Donegal Municipal District (MD) he said that he had little doubt that the same issues have been put to other councillors as well, by families and individuals desperate to get full driving licences.
He said: “The driving test wait list is now over eight months. Donegal is a Northern County. We don’t have the same access to trains, as they have in other parts of the country.
“Also now with the likes of the price of accommodation in Sligo, Derry and Letterkenny that many families now feel that it best that the kids drive to college.
Cllr Michael Naughton, Fianna Fáil
“This is a huge issue for young people trying to get to college and trying to get access to accommodation.
“ And with families looking at it as being easier to travel home than it is to get accommodation in Sligo or Letterkenny.
“I have been inundated with this issue day on day and if we could do something on that, it would be appreciated.”