Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Smart card driving licences have not been introduced. A garda cannot take a driving licence from a driver at the side of a road and gain immediate access to his or her driver history. If we want to have a truly automated penalty points system and enforce all the Road Traffic Acts, we need to introduce smart card driving licences. There is considerable anecdotal evidence that it is very easy to have between two and four licences, which is another way for people to subvert the existing system. Whatever measures are undertaken by the Minister, we need get to grips with the entire system of licensing and streamline it.

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