Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Where I am coming from is that the three-year licence costs €35. It is cheaper than the €55 for a ten-year licence, but within that the ten-year period, these people have to take out four three-year licence, so they actually paying approximately €140 or €145. That is not the issue, however. It is not about whether it is a three-year, one-year or ten-year licence. Thanks be to God, if I go looking for a medical certificate for driving a lorry or whatever, I can get a ten-year certificate. However, if a person has an underlying condition such as diabetes, there are rules and regulations. It needs to be tied in with the likes of the HSE that there is something done so these people do not have to pay to go to a doctor three times extra on top of the other costs.

There is no doctor charging less than €60 for working people. These people do not have medical cards or anything like that. The problem is when one adds these numbers together. I ask that the Minister talk to the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to try to resolve this issue.

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