Driving test centre
Portlaoise results
Test centre in County Laois, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.Car test pass rate, September 2025 to August 2026not publishedNo national comparison
- 0car tests
- n/acar rank
- n/aweeks to invite
Car tests
Car driving test pass rate at Portlaoise, month by month
Above the national car rate of 52.4%Below it
- Sep 202461.7%164 tests
- Oct 202449.7%181 tests
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 164 | 61.7% |
| October 2024 | 181 | 49.7% |
Trend
Portlaoise pass rates by year
| Year | All tests | Pass rate, all tests | Car tests here | Car pass rate here | Car no shows | Car tests not conducted | Car pass rate nationally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,928 | 57.0% | 1,897 | 56.6% | 35 | 175 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 2,541 | 52.1% | 2,413 | 50.8% | 55 | 225 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 2,575 | 50.5% | 2,499 | 49.8% | 68 | 179 | 50.6% |
| 2024 (10 months) | 2,634 | 51.9% | 2,515 | 51.2% | 77 | 156 | 49.0% |
| 2025 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 51.8% |
| 2026 (0 months) | n/a | not published | n/a | not published | n/a | n/a | 52.3% |
Read with care
Portlaoise: no shows and tests not conducted
Over September 2025 to August 2026 the CSO published no tests delivered for Portlaoise, so there is no pass rate to read here. The tables show a blank where a centre was idle, never a zero.
Portlaoise had no car tests in the period, so this page carries no car pass rate for it. A blank cell means the CSO published no figure, not a rate of zero.
How to read a centre's figures beside the national picture, and what the test checks, is in the driving test pass rates guide.
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.County Laois
Portlaoise and County Laois
- 1Portlaoise (Maldron Hotel)3,651 car tests57.0%
Across the county line
Driving test centres in the counties next to Laois
County Laois borders Offaly, Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary. If a test centre over the county line is closer to where you live or learn, these are the car driving test pass rates there for September 2025 to August 2026.
County Kildare54.9% on 15,492 car tests
- Naas54.9%, 15,492 tests
County Carlow45.5% on 5,502 car tests
- Carlow Talbot Hotel48.2%, 3,050 tests
- Carlow42.1%, 2,452 tests
County Kilkenny50.2% on 4,374 car tests
- Kilkenny (Govt Buildings)50.1%, 2,731 tests
- Kilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels)50.4%, 1,643 tests