Tallaght results: 49.6% (27,547)
Test centre in County Dublin, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 27,547car tests
- 45 of 57car rank
- 23weeks to invite (August 2026)
How Tallaght compares
Tallaght passed 49.6% of 27,547 car tests (13,671 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 2.8 points below the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Tallaght ranks 13th lowest. Above Tallaght: Raheny (0.4 higher) and Kilkenny (Govt Buildings) (0.5 higher). Below Tallaght: Carlow Talbot Hotel (1.4 lower) and Killarney (1.5 lower). Tallaght's 27,547 car tests: the busiest of 57. Tallaght's closest in size: Cork (Wilton) with 9,416 fewer tests, 4.1 higher and Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange with 10,962 fewer tests, 1.8 lower.
Tallaght across all categories: 49.8% of 28,128 tests (54.8% nationally), 581 in other licence categories. Tallaght took 33.7% of the 81,647 car tests at 8 County Dublin centres. Tallaght's 49.6%, county 47.9%: 1.7 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Tallaght, month by month
Tallaght's best month: 51.7% of 2,187 tests, January 2026. Worst: 46.7% of 2,107, May 2026, a 5.0 point gap. Tallaght's quietest month: 1,490 tests, December 2025; busiest: 2,728, October 2025. Tallaght, first 6 months: 49.8% of 13,553; last 6: 49.5% of 13,994, so Tallaght held steady. Latest at Tallaght, August 2026: 49.7% of 2,084. A year earlier: 48.0% of 2,132, so Tallaght is 1.7 points up.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 2,044 | 38.2% |
| October 2024 | 1,919 | 38.7% |
| November 2024 | 1,789 | 36.5% |
| December 2024 | 952 | 40.7% |
| January 2025 | 1,213 | 40.8% |
| February 2025 | 1,278 | 39.4% |
| March 2025 | 1,417 | 39.6% |
| April 2025 | 1,199 | 50.2% |
| May 2025 | 1,518 | 42.8% |
| June 2025 | 1,075 | 49.3% |
| July 2025 | 2,151 | 46.7% |
| August 2025 | 2,132 | 48.0% |
| September 2025 | 2,624 | 51.2% |
| October 2025 | 2,728 | 51.2% |
| November 2025 | 2,149 | 48.5% |
| December 2025 | 1,490 | 48.3% |
| January 2026 | 2,187 | 51.7% |
| February 2026 | 2,375 | 46.9% |
| March 2026 | 2,424 | 50.2% |
| April 2026 | 2,378 | 50.5% |
| May 2026 | 2,107 | 46.7% |
| June 2026 | 2,538 | 50.9% |
| July 2026 | 2,463 | 48.5% |
| August 2026 | 2,084 | 49.7% |
Tallaght pass rates by year
Tallaght, September 2024 to August 2025: 42.5% of 18,687 car tests. Since then Tallaght climbed 7.1 points on 27,547 car tests against 18,687, up 8,860 (47.4%). Tallaght went from 4th lowest of 57 to 13th lowest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Tallaght's 7.1 point rise ranks 7th largest. Tallaght added 8,860 car tests, the largest of 49 increases. Tallaght gained 4.2 points on County Dublin, which went from 45.0% to 47.9%.
Tallaght by calendar year: 48.4% of 13,477 car tests in 2021, 47.1% of 20,974 in 2025, down 1.3 points (national down 1.5). Tallaght, 2024 to 2025: 42.0% of 23,275 to 47.1%, a gain of 5.1 points for Tallaght. Best full year: 48.4% in 2021; worst: 42.0% in 2024; busiest: 23,275 car tests in 2024. Tallaght's car no shows: 371 in 2021, 796 in 2025; not conducted: 1,220, then 1,814. Tallaght, 2026 to date: 49.4% of 18,556 in 8 months, 2.9 points under national at Tallaght.
| 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 | 13,878 | 48.6% | 13,477 | 48.4% | 371 | 1,220 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 14,063 | 47.7% | 13,695 | 47.5% | 316 | 1,266 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 18,036 | 46.4% | 17,539 | 46.2% | 550 | 1,317 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 23,691 | 42.2% | 23,275 | 42.0% | 932 | 1,986 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 21,449 | 47.2% | 20,974 | 47.1% | 796 | 1,814 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (8 months) | 18,900 | 49.6% | 18,556 | 49.4% | 762 | 2,169 | 52.3% |
Tallaght by licence category
Tallaght beyond cars: 404 motorcycle (A), 61.9%, 7.5 points below national and 121 medium power motorcycle (A2), 50.1%, 11.9 points below national, each with 100 or more tests. Tallaght, under 100 tests each: 53 low power motorcycle (A1) and 3 moped (AM). Too few for a steady rate.
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 27,547 | 49.6% | 52.4% |
| Category A (Motorcycle All) | 404 | 61.9% | 69.4% |
| Category A2 (Motorcycle - medium power) | 121 | 50.1% | 62.0% |
| Category A1 (Motorcycle - low power) | 53 | 54.6% | 45.6% |
| Category AM (Moped / light quadricycle) | 3 | not published | 100.0% |
Tallaght waiting times and capacity
Tallaght's estimated time to a test invitation at the end of August 2026, against 11.6 weeks nationally: 23 weeks at Tallaght. No centre waited longer than Tallaght; 57 of 57 others with a published wait were shorter. Tallaght: longest wait in County Dublin; Raheny the shortest, 22 weeks less than Tallaght. Driver testers assigned to Tallaght in July 2026: 16. In August 2026, 98.3% of the 2,182 test slots at Tallaght were filled, against 98.3% across all centres. Tallaght's 2,182 test slots: the most of 59 centres.
- 23 weeksEstimated wait for a test invitation, August 2026
- 16Driver testers assigned
- 2,182Test slots in the latest month
- 98.3%Slots used
Tallaght: no shows and tests not conducted
Tallaght counted 31,592 car tests: 27,547 delivered, 1,146 no shows and 2,899 not conducted or abandoned. Tallaght's shares of those 31,592: 3.6% no shows and 9.2% not conducted at Tallaght. Of 57 centres, Tallaght's 3.6% no show share ranks joint 7th highest. Neither count moves Tallaght's 49.6% pass rate: 13,671 passes over 27,547 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
27,547 car tests is enough for the car figure to be stable from month to month, but it still reflects who sat the test here, how much they had practised and the local roads, not only how strict a tester is.
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.Tallaght and County Dublin
Tallaght trails Raheny by 0.4 points (7,917 tests at 50.0%); Tallaght waits 22 weeks more than Raheny; Tallaght leads Killester by 1.6 points (4,067 tests at 48.0%); Tallaght waits 7 weeks more than Killester; Tallaght leads Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange by 1.8 points (16,585 tests at 47.8%); Tallaght waits 6 weeks more than Dun Laoghaire / Deansgrange; Tallaght leads Mulhuddart Maple House by 2.6 points (4,216 tests at 47.0%); Tallaght waits 13 weeks more than Mulhuddart Maple House; Tallaght leads Mulhuddart by 3.7 points (5,713 tests at 45.9%); Tallaght waits 6 weeks more than Mulhuddart and Tallaght leads Finglas by 4.6 points (15,601 tests at 45.0%); Tallaght waits 13 weeks more than Finglas. Raheny beat Tallaght on both rate and wait.
Leixlip - Springfield Hotel; Mulhuddart (Carlton Hotel) and Sandyford delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so they have no car rate to set against Tallaght.
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