Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

With regard to foreign drivers or drivers from the North, a number of months ago the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, and I attended a meeting with representatives from the North and Britain where we discussed doing this. It will be dealt with in two phases, bringing together and recognising disqualifications from one another's administrative area and further down the road recognising penalty points. Next March or April has been mentioned with regard to the introduction of the disqualification regime. However, having a system to recognise one another's penalty points will take a couple of years because the three administrations have different rules and regulations.

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