Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our visitors. Like Deputy O'Donovan, I too was otherwise engaged earlier.

Previously, when the then Minister Deputy Varadkar appeared before the joint committee, we discussed the issue of carrying the driving licence when driving. The advice was that a constitutional right would be infringed if there was a requirement to carry a driving licence when driving. That escapes me, as the driving licence is the size of a credit card. There is no requirement also to bring the driving licence to court, which is a handy way out of having penalty points attached to the licence. Has there been progress on either of those fronts? Should we as legislators look for it the next time we bring forward legislation on road safety?