DGSA Road

Paper 1 Examination          €195 

Paper 2 Examination          €195 

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DGSA Rail

Candidates sitting all 3 Papers:  €395.

For candidates who wish to sit 2 papers, the fee will be €260.

For candidates who wish to sit 1 paper, the fee will be €130.

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To book a DGSA exam, log in to your CILT account and book your exam via your dashboard. 

If you do not have a CILT account you can register for one at https://www.cilt.ie/CandidateRequest/ 

Dates 2025/2026

Exam: Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Closing date for applications - 30th October 2025

            Wednesday 25th March 2026 - Closing date for applications - 13th March 2026

            Wednesday 15th July 2026 - Closing date for applications - 03rd July 2026

            Wednesday 11th November 2026 - Closing date for applications - 29th October 2026

Please note  DGSA Rail is in Westmanstown only, unless otherwise advised.

Dates 2025/2026

Dublin 
Westmanstown Sports & Conference Centre, 
Lucan Road,

Clonsilla,

Dublin 15,

D15 Y2DH

Cork
The Address Hotel,

Military Hill, 

Saint Lukes

Cork

T23 T292

Galway (November only)

The Connacht Hotel

Old Dublin Road,

REnmore,

Galway,

H91 K5DD

All DGSA examinations are open book exams. 

Since 1 January 2019, the format of the DGSA Road exam consists of 2 examination papers.          

Paper 1 will be conducted on the morning of the Examination DGSA Sample Paper 1 with Solutions

Paper 2 will be conducted on the afternoon of the Examination DGSA Sample Paper 2 with Solutions

DGSA Rail consists of 3 papers:

Paper 1 Core

Paper 2 All Classes

Paper 3 Mode - Rail 

All papers are set by the panel of Subject Matter Experts and exam submissions are graded by the Principle Marker. Any exam scoring within 5% without passing is automatically sent for review by an alternative marker before results are published. 

Road DGSA

ADR 2025 and associated corrigenda available at the link below:

ADR 2025 - Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road | UNECE

European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2011, as amended – see Legislation - Health and Safety Authority (hsa.ie)

ADR 2025

ADR 2025 is now available in print, it came into force on 1st January 2025. From March 2025 the DGSA exam will be based on the content of the ADR 2025. 

HSA summary of the main changes can be found here.

RAIL DGSA

The DGSA examination is based on the current edition of Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY RAIL) REGULATIONS, 2010 as amended (the national regulations). 

Please note the following document contains corrections to the edition of RID in force since January 2023 NOT-RID-23014-e_corrections_to_RID_2023[23]

This document may be used in the Rail Mode DGSA exam. 

Download Road DGSA Syllabus here.

Download Rail DGSA syllabus here

Candidates will receive their result by email within 40 working days.

Results will NOT be provided over the phone.

A DGSA certificate is valid for 5 years.

To renew your DGSA Cert you must resit the DGSA exams every 5 years.