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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Common Travel Area (CTA) is an arrangement between the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland that gives a variety of rights to citizens of those countries. It allows British and Irish citizens to travel freely between the UK and Ireland and reside in either jurisdiction. It also facilitates the enjoyment of associated rights and privileges for Irish citizens in the UK and British citizens in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is not possible to hold both a UK and Irish driving licence. The process of moving from a UK licence to an Irish licence is an exchange programme; the UK licence must be surrendered and exchanged for an Irish driving licence.  This is no more than the obvious corollary that drivers are required to obtain a driving licence in their country of residence, under EU law.  There...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: There is no way to establish how many people living in Ireland hold a UK licence; however, the Road Safety Authority estimates that there may be as many as 15,000 people who have yet to exchange their UK licence for an Irish licence before the deadline of 31 December. Driving licences issued by the Member States of the European Union are mutually recognised. Therefore, a holder of an EU...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: Appointments in National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) centres are available to all who wish to apply for, renew or exchange driving licences.  No distinction is made on the type of application an appointment is booked for, therefore no breakdown is available.  I would like to point out that my Department and the Road Safety Authority have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Test (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: The scheduling of driving tests is the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and I have no power to intervene in individual cases. The  Deputy should be aware that the Road Safety Authority cannot schedule applicants for a driving test until the Authority has received the confirmation from the candidate's ADI Instructor that they have the completed 12 Essential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. EU legislation sets out a number of requirements to be satisfied in order to hold a road transport operator licence, one of which is professional competence. To fulfil this requirement, every road transport undertaking established in Ireland (or in any other EU Member State) must have a nominated Transport Manager who resides in the EU to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Test (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: My Department is in constant contact with the Road Safety Authority since the start of the pandemic regarding all of its services, the impact of Covid-19 on those services, and how they can best be maintained in the current circumstances.   As you are aware, car driving tests were first temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 in March 2020. The service resumed, on a gradual basis, in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can confirm that those who obtained their manual driving licence for category B prior to 2013 can have the automatic transmission code (code 78) removed from category C and D driving licences upon request.  There is a cost associated with having a driving licence re-issued.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: All enquires relating to driver licensing are handled by the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS), provided by the Road Safety Authority (RSA). My Department does not have access to individual applications. I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the RSA for direct reply. If he has not heard from them in 10 working days I would ask that he contact my office directly.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Test (10 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: The scheduling of driving tests is the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority and I have no information on individual cases. I have therefore referred this question to the Authority for direct reply.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: After the transition period (transition period ends 31 December 2020), the UK will no longer be a Member State and so a UK driving licence will not be recognised here. Since 2019, holders of UK licences resident in Ireland have been encouraged to exchange their UK licences for an Irish one before this date.   A person wishing to exchange a UK driving licence for an Irish...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputies and acknowledge that this is a difficult situation. Covid-19 has been disruptive to a number of settings. This is an operational matter for the RSA and driving instructors operate as independent businesses. They are not employed by either the Department of Transport or the Road Safety Authority. Driver testers are direct employees of the Road Safety Authority and,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputies for raising the matter in regard to access to hygiene and health facilities for approved driving instructors at driver test centres. Both the Department of Transport and the Road Safety Authority are aware that driving instructors disagree with the decision by the RSA to close washing facilities and waiting rooms in driver test centres to ensure compliance with public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: The individual will need to contact National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) at 076 1087880 or email info@ndlsd.ie . She must provide her driver number and request the letter of entitlement.  Information regarding a driver will not be sent to a third party by the NDLS.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: There is no plan to further extend the validity of driving licences. Irish driving licence law is based on a framework of EU law, and the current extensions bring us into line with the EU legislation. It is not possible to make exceptions to the legislation for individual cases.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: Driving licences issued by the Member States of the EU are mutually recognised. Therefore, a holder of a Member State issued licence who moves to Ireland can drive on that licence until the licence expires. On expiry, the licence holder will then need to exchange their licence for an Irish licence. After 31 December 2020, the UK will no longer be a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Facilities (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: This is an operational matter for the Port of Cork Company and my Department has referred the matter to the Company for direct reply to the Deputy. If a response is not received within 10 days, please contact my private office.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: My Department have developed an Application Programme Interface (API) to enable real time access to driver and vehicle data on the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) in a controlled fashion. My officials continue to work with An Garda Síochána with regard to the use of the API to enable their handheld devices access specific data that enables improved road enforcement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Data (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Motor Third Party Liability (MTPL) database is a project which has been underway for some years.  As I am sure the Deputy will agree, it will when completed be an invaluable tool assisting the Garda in identifying uninsured drivers.  Success in reducing uninsured driving will make our roads safer, and should also contribute to a reduction in the cost of insurance. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (8 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: This is an operational matter to be answered directly by the Road Safety Authority, and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct reply.  If she does not receive a reply within 10 working days she should contact my office directly.