This comes as driving test wait times continue to rise in the midlands.
Internet bots are being used to scrape the Road Safety Authority website in a bid to sell test appointment slots to hopeful motorists.
The Irish times is reporting that as driving test wait times continue to rise in the midlands, people are turning to third party apps that use the site-scraping technology.
In just the last three weeks waiting times in Carlow have increased by 6 weeks to 26, while they've gone up by four weeks in Tullamore and Athlone.
There are currently 81,000 applicants waiting for a test date.
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