Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious of time and the fact there are a lot of people here. In terms of the driver licences generally, what future planning is the RSA putting in place? They are kind of saying that it was a big surprise that there has been an enormous increase of 65%, I think, in the 17- to 24-year-old category and a 54% increase. Are the witnesses looking at national statistics? Are they looking at how many people have licences? Are they looking at the expectation that most people in this country probably do want to have licences, particularly those who are outside urban areas, where the public transport options are limited? It is unlikely these figures will go down in future. They are huge, enormous figures. They are enormous increases, but they are happening, and the RSA does not seem to have been ready for them.