Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised)
2:00 am
Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I have spoken to a few people from the diaspora with American or Australian driving licences who are moving home to Ireland. When they get to Ireland, if they never sat a driving test here previously, they have to sit a completely new test, where they start from scratch and do their driving lessons. With the backlog in driving licences, will the Tánaiste consider the diaspora being able to convert their licences to Irish licences?