68. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the specific legislative, regulatory, EU law or road-safety impediments, to amending the driver licensing regulations to permit a person whose Irish driving licence expired more than ten years previously to renew that licence where the person can demonstrate that they have continuously held a valid driving licence in another jurisdiction in the intervening perio…
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69. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has examined the driver licensing arrangements in other EU member states, including the Netherlands, regarding the renewal of driving licences that have been expired for an extended period; if he has considered introducing a comparable mechanism in Ireland for returning emigrants who can demonstrate continued driving experience abroad; and the …
70. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether he will reconsider the current arrangements whereby a person returning to Ireland, whose Irish driving licence has expired for more than ten years but who has continued to hold a valid driving licence and driving entitlement in another jurisdiction, may be required to recommence the driver licensing process; and if he will consider permitting such person…
630. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the Road Safety Authority has written out to all second permit holders to give them notice that from 1 November 2026 they must sit a driving test to get a third permit. [64107/26]
136. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 5 March 2026, for an update on the written request made by An Garda Síochána to his Department in September 2025 where they outlined their view of the necessity and lawful basis for the inclusion of driving licence photographs and signatures in the NVDF data sharing; and if his Department has sought legal advice to c…
322. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to confirm that learner permit holders who are on their second permit on 1 November 2026 must sit a driver test before they can obtain a third learner permit according to new regulations SI. No. 527/2025 being introduced on 1 November 2026. [29463/26]
327. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders who failed to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment in February and March 2026, by driving test centre. [29554/26]
444. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the current number of drivers on their second learner permit; if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has written to all second permit holders to inform them of the new rules (S.I. No. 527/2025) that will apply to them from 1 November 2026; if the RSA informed them that an application for a third learner permit will require them to have undertaken a test in the prev…
314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 on 28 January 2026, if An Garda Síochána will explain what they mean when they say they have access to National Vehicle and Driver File data, including data that ‘indicates' whether a licence or permit has been surrendered upon disqualification; what it meant by ‘indicates; and if he will make …
118. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to correspondence (details supplied) confirming that Gardaí now have full access to the NVDF on their mobility device to driver records including full licence and learner permit details, details of disqualifications and penalty points, if they will also be given details of whether a licence or permit was surrendered on disquali…
119. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the learnings from the Garda mobility pilot project in the Kildare/Carlow division that allowed Gardaí full access to the NVDF on their mobility device from 9 December 2025; if the information that Gardai now have access to is in real time; and if the data they access on their mobility device on each driver's penalty point history will…
193. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding a driver’s licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69186/25]
217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the length of time for all second permit holders to be written to by the Road Safety Authority in 2026; to provide details of what the RSA will communicate in these letters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64650/25]
330. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of years that a non-Irish EU citizen can remain in Ireland before they are required to exchange their drivers licence or permit for an Irish one; if the Minister intends to close this loophole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63989/25]
297. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of licence and learner permit applications processed per year, broken down per category, from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61384/25]
263. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 16 October 2025, the number of drivers disqualified that resulted in a mismatch being inputted to his Department's driver file record database to date; the number of mismatches reported to date; the procedure when a mismatch has been discovered; if the driver file database is regularly monitored and checks made on ea…
264. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe in which a driver is disqualified in court to when they receive a court disqualification order via an application programming interface (API); the length of time the API is given to attempt to automatically match records received, to a driver using the details provided by the Courts Service; the length of time between failing to automatically matc…
265. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No's 177 to 184 of 16 October 2025, the timeline for his Department to publish more complete data on the manual matching process used by his Department and the RSA to endorse a licence or permit with a disqualification; the date that his Department started its concerted effort in 2025 to deep dive into the area of court disqual…
266. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of Irish licence and Irish permit holders disqualified in court since 2022 resulting in a shell record being created in the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) database that remains unmatched to the driver record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57962/25]
267. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the Courts Service writes to each driver disqualified in court within 14 days of commencement of the disqualification to inform them of the requirement to surrender their licence or learner permit to the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57963/25]
412. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if An Garda Síochána have limited access to data on the National Vehicle and Driver File regarding disqualified drivers; if they have access to data which informs them of the date when a disqualification ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59659/25]
177. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of disqualified drivers in court in 2024; the number of disqualified drivers who surrendered their licences in court; the number of disqualified drivers in court who did not surrender their licence that were matched to the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF); the number of disqualified drivers in court who were not matched to the NVDF; the number…
178. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of disqualified drivers in 2024 who were not identifiable on the Garda mobility app, by foreign licence holders, no licence holders and Irish licence holders. [56104/25]
179. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the process involved in matching disqualified drivers in court to the National Vehicle and Driver File; and the length of time for same. [56105/25]
181. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers disqualified in court to date in 2025; the number of individual disqualification orders his Department received from the courts on those disqualified drivers; the number that did not include a driver number in the order; the number that were later matched manually by the RSA within the disqualification period; the name of the outside agenc…