John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the reply and welcome the update on how the problems are being addressed.

I mentioned the RSA charging for a letter - because there is a five week delay - to give to insurance companies is an issue that has been raised with me. A constituent, I was told, is being charged because the RSA cannot get the licence out on time. Perhaps that could be raised.

We are all too aware of young people who have emigrated but hope to come back, and some of their driving licences are running out. Under the current system, they can only renew it by appearing in person which means that they must go back to the process, do the test and theory test, etc. We all would hope, I am sure, that many of them will return here, sooner rather than later. Perhaps some way could be devised so that they can renew their licences while abroad for future reference when they are back when we have full employment.

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