Dr. Keith Walsh:

I agree it is unacceptable that people are not surrendering their licence and that is an offence. However, we need to be careful about the importance we attach to that. The real issue is whether people who are disqualified from driving are continuing to drive. If I am disqualified from driving, I know I am disqualified from driving and I know I should not be on the road, regardless of whether I have surrendered my licence or not. Even more importantly, the disqualification information comes into the Department and we share that with gardaí, so gardaí know if someone is on the road with a disqualified licence and they are able to-----