65. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider making the acceptance of cash and/or postal orders mandatory for the NDLS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22250/25]
Topics / Driver Licences
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDriver Licences
350 questions from 86 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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350 written, 0 oral
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 8 |
| March 2025 | 4 |
| April 2025 | 35 |
| May 2025 | 17 |
| June 2025 | 17 |
| July 2025 | 18 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 19 |
| October 2025 | 16 |
| November 2025 | 43 |
| December 2025 | 17 |
| January 2026 | 15 |
| February 2026 | 16 |
| March 2026 | 13 |
| April 2026 | 19 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| June 2026 | 21 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 27 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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381. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport his views on introducing a flexible and practical system for recognising commercial truck and machinery licences issued in New Zealand, particularly in cases where an Irish licence holder has resided abroad for more than 10 years; if he will review the possibility of a competency or theory test pathway, similar to the system in New Zealand, for individuals see…
393. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the driving disqualification court order information sent from the Courts Service to the National Driving Licence Service (NDLS) can only be endorsed automatically onto the driver file record database, where a driver number has been included in the order, and matches a driver record on the NVDF; the length of time that those that cannot be matched to the dri…
395. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to confirm that from March 2025, the nightly file from his Department to An Garda Siochána includes the disqualification status of every driving licence and includes the driver number; if the information is provided with a real-time view of the driving licence status, to be used by frontline Gardaí on mobility devices at the roadside; and if he will make a stat…
396. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 1 April 2025, the number of Irish licence holders included in the 'shell' record figures he supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19142/25]
443. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for driving licence restoration that were granted, by county, in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19862/25]
444. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of driving licence disqualifications, by county, that were granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19863/25]
445. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport for each year from 2010 to date in 2025, of the successful applications for driving licence restorations recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, the number of cases in which the applicant had received a second or additional disqualification order of two years or more within the ten years prior to their application for driving licence restoration. […
448. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand the list of countries with which the Department facilitate the transfer/exchange of international driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19888/25]
457. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his efforts and that of his Department to establish reciprocal driving licence agreements with the US, and in particular in the state of New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20024/25]
467. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 1 April 2025, the criteria upon which applications to exchange driving licences from other states are adjudicated as to whether they are accepted or rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20158/25]
480. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is no notice given to people renewing their driving licence early that they will forfeit the time left on their current licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20238/25]
483. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport if he has given any consideration in the absence of a license exchange programme to allowing permanent conversion of valid Canadian and US driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20318/25]
489. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport if steps are being taken to establish a reciprocal drivers' licence exchange agreement with Turkey, given the licence exchange agreements Turkey has with other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20406/25]
500. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to engage with insurance companies to mitigate the effect those with UK driving licences, who are working in the Republic of Ireland, have with insuring cars for work purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/25]
529. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 22 January 2025, if he will provide an update on the matter; the development that has happened in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20891/25]
81. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the plans there are to increase the age limit for permitting people to drive buses. [16163/25]
264. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in 2024 and to date in 2025, by county; the number that surrendered their learner permit to the Road Safety Authority, by county in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14990/25]
265. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the drivers disqualified in 2024 and to date in 2025, by county; the number that surrendered their licence, by county in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14991/25]
268. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware of any policy change in the issuing of drivers’ licences which has resulted in licence holders whose place of birth was previously recorded as Northern Ireland now being recorded as the United Kingdom upon renewal of their driver’s licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14999/25]
283. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is liaising with insurance industry representatives to ensure the timely commencement of insurance related provisions of the Road Traffic And Roads Act 2023 that will give insurers access to real time data on driver disqualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/25]
284. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is liaising with Gardaí to ensure the timely commencement of insurance-related provisions of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15176/25]
285. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the driver file record database to hold all the necessary details, including the unique driver number of all drivers disqualified, for Gardaí and motor insurers to access that data in real time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15177/25]
286. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of court disqualifications each year from 2020 to 2024; the number of disqualifications that could not be matched to the appropriate record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15178/25]
287. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the proposed timeframe for the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2024 to be passed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/25]