Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The issue of people not returning their driving licences when they are disqualified was raised by Deputies Broughan, Eugene Murphy and Troy. Drivers who are disqualified are required by law to return their licences and the fact that very few do is completely unacceptable. However, the real problem is not disqualified drivers failing to return their licences; it is disqualified drivers who continue to drive. The number of disqualified drivers not returning their licences is not a proxy for the number of people who drive while disqualified. We need strong enforcement of the law against people driving while disqualified, and the necessary tools exist in the Road Traffic Act 2014, which empowered An Garda Síochána to arrest a person who they have reason to believe is driving while disqualified.

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