Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage

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

I move amendment No. 7:

7. In page 11, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:
“(I) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (c):
“(cc) the evidence to accompany an application for an Irish driving licence or a learner permit in order to show that the person has a legal right to reside in the State;

(cd) the automatic revocation of an Irish driving licence or a learner permit—
(i) where a person no longer has a right to reside in the State,

(ii) where the evidence that accompanied an application for an Irish driving licence or a learner permit showing that the person had a legal right to reside in the State expires or is revoked,

(iii) in circumstances where the evidence that accompanied an application for an Irish driving licence or a learner permit showed that the legal right of the person to reside in the State was limited or finite, on an anniversary of the date on which the licence is granted,

(iv) where the Minister becomes aware following the grant of an Irish driving licence or a learner permit that—
(I) at the time an Irish driving licence or a learner permit was granted, the applicant did not meet the requirements for the granting of the Irish driving licence or a learner permit, or

(II) the Irish driving licence or a learner permit was obtained by fraud, on the date on which the Minister notifies the holder of the Irish driving licence or a learner permit,
(ce) the retention of a revoked Irish driving licence or a learner permit by a member of the Garda Síochána, the subsequent destruction of a retained licence and the notification of the holder of the revoked licence;”,”.

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