Written answers
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Department of Transport
Driving Licenses
9:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of full driving licence holders by age. [22798/06]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who hold and administer the National Driver File has advised that the breakdown of full driving licence holders by age at 31st December, 2005 is as follows:
| Age | Driving Licence Holders |
| Under 17 | 38 |
| 17 — 19 | 11,053 |
| 20 — 24 | 102,184 |
| 25 — 29 | 207,959 |
| 30 — 34 | 247,054 |
| 35 — 39 | 236,207 |
| 40 — 44 | 228,549 |
| 45 — 49 | 209,930 |
| 50 — 54 | 186,210 |
| 55 — 59 | 165,722 |
| 60 — 64 | 131,504 |
| 65 — 69 | 95,983 |
| 70 — 74 | 62,098 |
| 75 — 79 | 38,904 |
| 80 — 84 | 18,284 |
| 85 and over | 6,254 |
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of one year category B provisional licences issued in the past three years for which figures are available. [22799/06]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who hold and administer the National Driver File has advised that the number of one year category B provisional licences at 31 December in each of the past three years is as follows:
| Year | Amount |
| 2003 | 47,157 |
| 2004 | 52,061 |
| 2005 | 54,921 |
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