Infrastructure Minister Nicola Mallon has said she hopes to give a timeframe for the resumption of practical driving tests next week.
Tests were suspended on March 20 due to the pandemic.
Testing in England resumed yesterday and will start again on August 3 in Wales.
Scotland has yet to set a date.
There are already a backlog of hundreds of thousands of tests which driving instructors could take six months or more to clear.
Speaking on Good Morning Ulster, Ms Mallon said: “In DVA (the Driver Vehicle Agency), we’re working with unions and staff, we’re watching very closely the resumption of practical driving tests in other places.”
She said her department will examine risk assessments in England and the Republic in order to manage the resumption of tests in the North of Ireland.
Tags: