Your 12 EDT lessons in Tallaght, taught on the roads you'll be tested on.
Every learner does the same 12 Essential Driver Training lessons before the test. We teach them on the Belgard Road junctions, the Old Bawn Road pinch points and the roundabouts near The Square, and sign off your logbook as you go.
See all 12 lessons, in plain English
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Twelve lessons, a logbook, and a reason behind each one
EDT means Essential Driver Training. It's the 12 one-hour lessons the Road Safety Authority brought in back in 2011, and every car learner does the same 12 before the test. You need a category B learner permit to start, and an approved instructor to teach them. That's us.
Each lesson is signed off and uploaded to your logbook as you finish it, so the record builds itself. No prior driving needed. We start where you are.
Every EDT lesson, what it actually is
Essential Driver Training is the same 12 lessons for everyone, set by the Road Safety Authority. Here they are in plain English, in the order you'll take them, taught on the roads around Tallaght. Tap any lesson.
Car Controls and Safety Checks
Where everything is and what it does. The cockpit drill, the checks before you turn a key, moving off and stopping smooth, on quieter Tallaght streets with no traffic to mind.
The order, and the gaps in between
The first eight lessons are taken in order, since each one leans on the last. The final four can be done in any order once you're there. The Road Safety Authority suggests leaving around a fortnight between lessons so each one settles before the next.
Between lessons you can practise with a sponsor driver, as long as they've held a full licence for at least two years. A few goes around Tymon or the quieter Kilnamanagh roads is how the 12 actually stick.
How many lessons beyond the 12?
Everyone does the same 12 EDT lessons. The real question is how much practice you'll want on top before the test. Four taps for a rough total, on real Tallaght prices.
A rough total, not a quote. The 12 EDT lessons are fixed by the Road Safety Authority; the practice hours on top are the part that moves.
You can do your EDT in an automatic
The same 12 lessons, the same Tallaght roads, in an automatic car. If the clutch is the part holding you back, an automatic frees your attention for lane choice and the Belgard Road junctions instead.
One thing worth knowing: pass in an automatic and your licence is automatic-only (a stamp called code 78). Automatic costs a little more than manual, and both rates are on the pricing page.
Pretest lessons on the Tallaght test routes
The 12 lessons aren't there to tick a box. They're there to make lane choice, signalling and judging gaps stop feeling like decisions. The test centre is in Premier Business Park on Broomhill Road, a few minutes from The Square, and it isn't a gentle one.
A pretest hour on the kind of roads its routes use, around Kilnamanagh, Tymon and Cookstown, ties it all together before the day.
What the EDT course costs in Tallaght
The full 12-lesson manual EDT course is €587.95, and a single lesson is €53.27. Automatic costs a little more. Lessons aren't cheap, we know that, so we'd rather you needed fewer of them. See the full driving lessons Tallaght prices.
Questions, answered
Twelve. Essential Driver Training is 12 one-hour lessons, set by the Road Safety Authority, and every car learner does the same 12 before the test. You need a category B learner permit to start them.
Yes. All 12 have to be done and logged before you can be given a test date. We sign off and upload each one as you go, so nothing holds up your application.
There's no fixed timetable, but the Road Safety Authority suggests leaving around a fortnight between lessons so each one settles. Most learners spread them over a few months with practice in between.
The 12 are the minimum the law sets, not a promise. The Broomhill Road test centre isn't a gentle one, so most learners add a few pretest hours. We'd rather you needed fewer lessons, so every hour counts toward the test.
Yes. The same 12 lessons, taught on the same Tallaght roads, in an automatic. One thing to know: pass in an automatic and your licence is automatic-only. Automatic costs a little more, and both rates are on the pricing page.
You must hold your first learner permit for at least six months before you can sit the driving test, whether or not your EDT is finished. We time the lessons and the pretest hour around that.
Yes, and it's how the 12 stick. Your sponsor driver just needs to have held a full licence for at least two years. A few goes around Tymon or the quieter Kilnamanagh roads between lessons makes a real difference.
Your completed lessons are recorded on the Road Safety Authority's system, not just with one school, so switching doesn't wipe what you've already done. You pick up from where you left off.
The full 12-lesson manual course is €587.95, and a single lesson is €53.27. Automatic costs a little more, and both rates are on the pricing page.
Start your EDT in Tallaght
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