Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We were told at a recent meeting there was a significant number of people caught and charged by the Garda Síochána but it was not possible to enforce the outcome of a court hearing because of a failure in having the correct address or the person did not turn up in court. I cannot remember the exact statistic but apparently a significant number of people have been disqualified from driving but are still driving around the place because their licence was never presented in court. They did not present themselves in court. Is there random checking of people's licences on the road and would gardaí know immediately, on checking a licence, that a person is banned?