Union denies blocking driving test initiative
Retired driving testers could be asked to return to work on a temporary basis to help relieve the current backlog in the system.
It is one of a number of ideas under discussion between the Department of Transport and unions in a bid to cut the waiting time for tests.
Driving testers will also be asked to work more weekends and longer hours.
The Minister of State at the Department of Transport Jim McDaid says plans to import testers from the North and Britain were shelved after union objections.
Bernard Harbor from Impact says that is not the case.
The driving testers felt there was important logistical and technical problems with this proposal.
Not least that driving testers in the North are dealing with different rules of the road and a different testing regime.
