Mr. Declan Naughton:

I am somewhat surprised because when one has a category listed on one's licence and one renews it but fails to renew one particular category, one does not lose it. Normally, one has some time, ten years in most cases, within which it is live. I am not sure of the individual circumstances in which somebody will not retain it. Perhaps they did not tick the box when completing the form. However, that would not prevent them from going back and reinstating it on their licence. Certainly, in the NDLS, when a person attends the office, the agent behind the counter will tell actually that person that he or she has other categories on the licence and will ask him or her if he or she wishes to renew them as well. We are conscious of that. Therefore, if there are individual cases, I would certainly be happy to hear about them to see what could be done.