Mr. David Sheahan:

In the pilot project being carried out in Limerick at the moment, we have found a number of people who came to a check point and produced a driver's licence as I explained earlier. We were then able to determine by looking up the licence there and then that those people were driving while disqualified. In addition, we went back to the insurers to ask them whether, for example, Mr. David Sheahan, had notified his insurer that he was disqualified from driving. We then had a second offence of failing to notify the insurance company and of making a false declaration in respect of that. By having the information at the side of the road, we are in a better position to do those two things. First, does the person have the licence while disqualified and, second, can we advise the insurer that the person was detected while off the road?