Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 11, to delete lines 19 to 24 and substitute the following:

“(a) in section 35—

(i) in subsection (2)—

(I) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of “and”, and

(II) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (c):

“(c) accompanied by—

(i) the appropriate fee, and

(ii) any photograph of the applicant, certificate of fitness or medical report, required under regulations under this Act, and

(d) accompanied by evidence, in accordance with regulations made under section 42(2)(cc), that the person has a legal right to reside in the State.”,

(ii) in subsection (6)—

(I) by the deletion of “22(2), (4) and (5),”,

(II) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “section 35, and” for “section 35”,

(III) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “section 35.” for “section 35, and”, and

(IV) by the deletion of paragraph (c),

and

(iii) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (6):

“(7) In addition to the matters specified in subsection (2), an application for a learner permit shall contain the applicant’s personal public service number allocated and issued to him or her under section 262(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.

(8) Details of an applicant’s personal public service number referred to in subsection (7) may be entered in licence records.

(9) A person to whom this subsection applies may inspect and examine licence records and may take, or be supplied by the Minister or the licensing authority, as may be appropriate, with—

(a) such information from the records, and

(b) such copies of licence records or of such extracts from such records, as the person may reasonably require.

(10) Subsection (9) applies to—

(a) persons or categories of person with the approval of the Minister in fulfilling obligations under European Union and other international enactments and agreements for the exchange of driver and vehicle information, and

(b) such other categories of person and the purpose for such access as may be prescribed.

(11) In this section, ‘licence records’ means records maintained under section 60 of the Finance Act 1993.”.”.