Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's comments and he brought forward the road traffic Bill. We are also discussing the section 44 issue in the Courts (No. 2) Bill at the moment. There is a major deficit of information. I asked the Road Safety Authority about the information for when drivers informed it of a change of address or other change of details to the ten-year driving licence. I am still waiting for that. In the UK the legislation has a fine of up to £1,000 for failing to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of a change of address. There are major actions that could be taken via legislation or statutory instrument to progress this. I have asked many times if the RSA has successfully undertaken a matching exercise to match a conviction with a specific driving licence when a licence number was not recorded in court on conviction. I have been waiting for that information for the past number of months. It is a critical area if we are to make an impact on the horrendous figures for last year, when 188 people died on the roads.

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