Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Nothing is imminent. There is mutual recognition of disqualification from driving. Standardising the penalty points system throughout the European Union would be extremely complicated because what is an offence in some countries is not in others. Some countries have many penalty point offences, while others do not. It is a difficult issue. Under agenda item 9(c), there will be an information point from the Commission on cross-border traffic offences and the key issue is the exchange of information and enforcement. We are very interested in being able to do this. There are many difficulties in making these issues a reality. We will wait to see what the Commission's proposals are and consider them.